Payyoli

Payyoli
Municipality
Payyoli village
Payyoli Location in Kerala, India Payyoli Payyoli (India)
Coordinates: 11°32′0″N 75°40′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
Area
• Total	22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,947O
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673522
Telephone code	0496
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-56
Nearest city	Kozhikode
Lok Sabha constituency	Vatakara

Payyoli is a Municipality town on the Malabar Coast of Kozhikode district in the South Indian state of Kerala. Payyoli is famous for being the hometown of athlete PT Usha, who is nicknamed as the Payyoli Express. It is a town in Quilandy Taluk, Kozhikode District.

Transportation

• Nearest airport: Calicut International Airport and Kannur International Airport
• Nearest railway station: Payyoli
• Nearest bus stand: Payyoli
• Nearest police station: Payyoli
• Nearest Govt. School: GVHSS Payyoli
• Nearest Fire Station:Vadakara

Payyoli is situated besides the national highway (NH66) between Koyilandy and Vatakara.

Attractions

• Kunhali Marakkar museum, at Iringal, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away from Payyoli
• Thikkodi driving beach
• Thuraserikkadavu (island/thuruth)
• velliyam kallu (a rock in river)
• Hochimin city ( Thurasserikkadavu)
• craft village (iringal )
• shikkara boat service purakkad (Akalapuzha river)
• Kadalur light house (nandhi)
• Kovvapuram chira (fishing spot )
• thurasserikkadavu Palam
• Perumal puram Siva temple
• Akalappuzha backwater view point
• Afrah Juma Masjid
• Kizhur Shiva kshethram
• Ayanikkad Juma Masjid
• Kottakkal Juma Masjid
• Kolavi palam beach & Turtle Cage
• Charichal Palli Makham (Payyoli Angadi)
• Payyoli Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple
• Muthasshikkavu temple (Thurasserikkadavu)
• Micro wave view point -8km from payyoli (iringath)

Temples

• Kizhur Maha Shiva kshethram
• Sree Iringal Kottayil Temple
• Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple
• Payyoli Sree Mahavishnu Temple
• Sree Kurumba Temple
• Muthassikkavu temple ( Thurasserikkadavu)
• Vadakke puthukkot paradevatha temple (Thurasserikkadavu)
• kunnath temple (kizhur junction )
• Parambil temple (Thachankunn)
• palliyarkkal temple ( Thachankunn )
• Perumalpuram temple
• kizhur ganapathi temple
• kommath temple ( kizhur )
• Nademmal Badrakali Temple
• Thevar Matam Sandhana Gopala Swami Vishnu Temple
• Chirakkal parambil sree bhagavathi temple
• Valappil Temple

Kolavi palam beach

Payyoli Rly Station

Kolavi Palam Beach at Payyoli is yet another beautiful stretch of golden sands, with shallow waters, that border Velliyamkallu. The sea, here, is ideal for swimming. During November - December, hordes of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles come in to lay eggs. There is a nature conservation centre, 'Theeram' (Turtle Cage), started by the fishermen to save these turtles. Nearest railway station: Payyoli Railway Station, Nearest airport: Calicut International Airport, about 64 km

Latitude:11.523088, Longitude: 75.617409

Notable residents

• Olympian P. T. Usha, Indian runner known as "Payyoli express"

Transportation

Payyoli connects to other parts of India through NH 66. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Payyoli. The national highway no.66 passes through Payyoli and the northern stretch connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum.

Suburbs of Payyoli

• Thurayur, thikkodi, Kizhur, Ayanikkad, Maniyur
• Pisharkavu, Anakkulam and Palakkulam
• Moodadi, Nandibazar and Palur

Major events

• Kizhoor ( Kilur ) Shiva temple festival - December second second week every year

See also

• Nadapuram
• Thottilpalam
• Perambra
• Madappally
• Villiappally
• Memunda
• Iringal
• Mahe, Pondicherry
• Thikkodi
• Orkkatteri