Kerala
Central Travancore
Kottayam

Kottayam

Kottayam is a city in , south . It is near to Kochi. The city is India's first 100% literate city, also known as Letter Capital of Kerala, due to headquarters of more than a dozen publishing houses and newspaper companies as well as several famous colleges and university.
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  • Type: City with 55,400 residents
  • Description: city in the Indian state of Kerala
  • Also known as: “Kotayam” and “Land of three Ls”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Nehru Stadium and Kottayam railway station.

Stadium
Jawaharlal is a multi-purpose stadium in Kottayam, . The ground is mostly used for athletics and football. It is one of the Indian stadiums named after Jawaharlal Nehru.

Railway station
is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Kottayam, state, India.

Recreation area
The Mahadevar Temple situated in the heart of Kottayam is one of the 108 revered Shivalayas in central , India. The temple is about 500 years old and was built by the Raja of Thekkumkur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kumaranalloor and Kummanam.

is a suburb of Kottayam city, Kottayam taluk, , . Kottayam city is just 5 km south of . The region was administered by the Kumaranallur grama panchayath till 2010, before the local self-governing body was merged into the Kottayam municipality.

Village
is a village that lies on either side of river Meenachil. Administratively it is in Thiruvarpu and Gramapanchayat of Kottayam district in State, .

Village
is a village in Kottayam district in the state of , .

Kottayam

Latitude
9.5916° or 9° 35′ 30″ north
Longitude
76.5222° or 76° 31′ 20″ east
Population
55,400
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN KYM
Open location code
6JXRHGRC+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297681854
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1265911
Wiki­data ID
Q659887
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Kottayam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوتايام”
  • Bengali: “কোট্টায়ম”
  • Bishnupriya: “কত্তায়াম”
  • Catalan: “Kottayam”
  • Cebuano: “Kottayam”
  • Chinese: “戈德亚姆”
  • Chinese: “柯塔雅姆”
  • Chinese: “科特塔耶姆”
  • Dutch: “Kottayam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوتايام”
  • Esperanto: “Kottajam”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kottayam”
  • French: “Kottayam”
  • German: “Kottayam”
  • Gujarati: “કોટ્ટયમ”
  • Hebrew: “קוטיים”
  • Hindi: “कोट्टयम”
  • Hindi: “कोट्टायम”
  • Irish: “Kottayam”
  • Italian: “Kottayam”
  • Japanese: “コッタヤム”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಟ್ಟಾಯಂ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಟ್ಟಯಂ”
  • Kashmiri: “کوٹایم”
  • Korean: “코타얌”
  • Malagasy: “Kottayam”
  • Malay: “Kottayam”
  • Malayalam: “അക്ഷരനഗരി”
  • Malayalam: “കോട്ടയം”
  • Marathi: “कोट्टायम”
  • Nepali: “कोट्टायम”
  • Newari: “कोट्टयम्”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kottayam”
  • Norwegian: “Kottayam”
  • Oriya: “Kottayam”
  • Oriya: “କୋଟ୍ଟୟମ”
  • Pampanga: “Kottayam”
  • Persian: “کوتایام”
  • Polish: “Kottayam”
  • Portuguese: “Cotaiam”
  • Portuguese: “Kottayam”
  • Russian: “Коттаям”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱴᱴᱟᱭᱟᱢ”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱳᱴᱴᱟᱭᱚᱢ”
  • Silesian: “Kottayam”
  • Slovenian: “Kottayam”
  • Spanish: “Kottayam”
  • Swedish: “Kottayam”
  • Talysh: “Kottajam”
  • Tamil: “கோட்டயம்”
  • Tamil: “தலியந்தானபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “కొట్టాయం”
  • Thai: “โกฏฏายัม”
  • Urdu: “کاوٹایم”
  • Urdu: “کوٹایم”
  • Vietnamese: “Kottayam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kottayam”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kottayam”. Photo: Reji Jacob, CC BY-SA 3.0.