Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram

Kappil is a tourist place in Thiruvananthapuram district , Kerala state, India. It is located in Edava Panchayat of Varkala Taluk at the cost of Arabian Sea. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) north from Varkala city centre. Varkala Railway Station is major railway station near Kappil.[2]

Kappil
Village
Kappil Road
Kappil
Location in Kerala, India
Kappil
Kappil (India)
Coordinates: 8°46′49″N 76°40′35″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Government
 • BodyEdava Panchayat
Area
 • Total3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
695311[1]
Telephone code0470
Vehicle registrationKL 81
Nearest cityVarkala
Niyamasabha constituencyVarkala

Transportation
  • Road

Kappil is connected with Varkala - Paravur - Kollam Road. Varkala Municipal Bus Station opposite to Varkala Railway Station is well connected to Attingal, Trivandrum, Kollam, etc. KSRTC and private buses are doing services in Kappil village to adjacent cities like Varkala, Trivandrum, Kollam, Paravur, etc.

  • Rail

Varkala Railway Station which is 7 km (4.3 mi) from Kappil is well connected to major cities like Trivandrum, Delhi, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Kollam, Kochi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanyakumari, Bangalore etc.

Kappil railway station is within the village (700m) is connected by passenger trains from Trivandrum, Kollam, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Punalur etc.

Edavai railway station is within the panchayat, 4 km (2.5 mi) from Kappil is connected with passenger trains from Trivandrum, Kollam, Nagercoil etc.

  • Air

Trivandrum International Airport which is 48 km from Kappil.

Tourism
Kappil beach
Kappil beach sunset

Scenic backwaters, beach and facilities for watersport are available. Nellatil, Edava, Paravur, Nadayara, Varkala etc. are locations in the vicinity which are worth visiting.

Kappil is also famous for Kappil Bhagavathy Temple and a tourist spot during the festival season.

Near by Places
  • Varkala Beach
  • Odayam Beach
  • Manthra Beach
  • Sivagiri Mutt
  • Varkala Black Beach
  • Janardhanaswami Temple
  • Kappil Devi Temple,
  • Kappil boatclub
  • The lonely beach
  • A beautiful evening view from Kappil bridge
  • Edava-Nadayara Lake & Kappil Railway Bridge
  • A rainy day
  • Thekkumbhagam boat race
  • Kappil beach

References
  1. "Pin Code of Kappil in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. "Kappil beach and backwaters". keralatourism.org. Kerala Tourism Department. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  • Media related to Kappil at Wikimedia Commons


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