Central Kerala
Palakkad District
Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad is a city in in . Palakkad is known for its historical background and the remnants of Tippu Sulthan's Fort are still maintained.
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  • Type: City with 131,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kerala
  • Also known as: “Palghat” and “Pālghāt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palakkad Fort and Palakkad Town railway station.

Archaeological site
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is an old fort situated in the heart of Palakkad city of state, southern .

Railway station
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is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station that serves city of Palakkad, and falls under the Palakkad railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways.

Bus station
Stadium Bus Stand is located on the heart of the Palakkad City, near the Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in , . Stadium Bus Stand is the largest Private Bus Stand in the city of Palakkad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nurani and Vadakkanthara.

Suburb
is a major commercial and residential area in Palakkad city , India. It is located along Palakkad Ponnani road which connects further to NH 66.Nurani is ward 39 of Palakkad Municipality.

Suburb
is an area in Palakkad city, , . It is located about 3 km from centre of city.Vadakkanthara is wards 43 and 50 of Palakkad Municipality.

Suburb
is a residential area in the district, in the state of , . comprises the wards 12 and 13 of Palakkad Municipality. The central attraction of is the Thirupuraikkal Bhagavathy temple.

Palakkad

Latitude
10.7682° or 10° 46′ 6″ north
Longitude
76.6521° or 76° 39′ 8″ east
Population
131,000
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
IN PAD and IN PAL
Open location code
7J2RQM92+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 345267997
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1260728
Wiki­data ID
Q1006240
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Palakkad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلكاد”
  • Aragonese: “Palakkad”
  • Asturian: “Palakkad”
  • Bengali: “পালঘাট”
  • Bhojpuri: “पलक्कड”
  • Bishnupriya: “পালক্কাদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Палакад”
  • Catalan: “Palakkad”
  • Cebuano: “Palakkad”
  • Chinese: “帕拉卡德”
  • Czech: “Palakkad”
  • Czech: “Pálakkát”
  • Czech: “Palghat”
  • Dutch: “Palakkad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلكاد”
  • Esperanto: “Palakad”
  • Finnish: “Palakkad”
  • French: “Palakkad”
  • Georgian: “პალაკადი”
  • German: “Palakkad”
  • German: “Palghat”
  • Gujarati: “પલક્કડ”
  • Hebrew: “פאלאקד”
  • Hindi: “पालक्काड”
  • Hindi: “पालक्काड़”
  • Hindi: “पालघाट”
  • Irish: “Palakkad”
  • Italian: “Palakkad”
  • Japanese: “パラカッド”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಲಕ್ಕಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಲಕ್ಕಾಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಲಘಾಟ್”
  • Kashmiri: “پالگھاٹ”
  • Korean: “팔라카드”
  • Ladin: “Palakkad”
  • Malay: “Palakkad”
  • Malayalam: “Palakkad”
  • Malayalam: “കേരളത്തിന്റെ നെല്ലറ”
  • Malayalam: “പാലക്കാട്”
  • Malayalam: “പാൽഘാട്ട്”
  • Marathi: “पालक्काड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palakkad”
  • Norwegian: “Palakkad”
  • Oriya: “Palakkad”
  • Oriya: “ପାଲାକ୍କଡ଼”
  • Persian: “پالاکاد”
  • Persian: “پالاککاد”
  • Polish: “Palakkad”
  • Portuguese: “Palakad”
  • Portuguese: “Palakkad”
  • Russian: “Палаккад”
  • Russian: “Палгхат”
  • Russian: “Палгха́т”
  • Spanish: “Palakkad”
  • Swedish: “Palakkad”
  • Swedish: “Palghat”
  • Tamil: “பாலக்காடு”
  • Tamil: “பாலை”
  • Telugu: “పాలక్కాడ్ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “పాలక్కాడ్”
  • Telugu: “పాలఘాట్”
  • Urdu: “پالگھاٹ”
  • Venetian: “Palakkad”
  • Vietnamese: “Palakkad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palakkad”
  • Welsh: “Palakkad”
  • “पलक्कड”

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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 “Palakkad”. Photo: Shafeeq basheer, CC BY-SA 4.0.