Payyoli Explained
| Payyoli |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.5333°N 75.6667°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kozhikode |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 22.34 |
| Population Total: | 49,470 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 673522 |
| Area Code: | 0496 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
| Registration Plate: | KL-56 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kozhikode |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 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
Payyoli is situated besides the national highway (NH66) between Koyilandy and Vatakara.
Attractions
- Kunhali Marakkar museum, at Iringal, about away from Payyoli
- Hochimin City Thurasserikkadav
- Thikkodi drive in beach
- Thuraserikkadavu (island/thuruth)
- Velliyam kallu (a rock in sea)
- Iringal craft village (iringal)
- Shikkara boat service purakkad (Akalapuzha river)
- Kadalur light house (nandhi)
- Kovvapuram chira (fishing spot)
- Perumal puram Siva temple
- Akalappuzha backwater view point
- Afrah Juma Masjid
- Kizhur Shiva kshethram[2]
- 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 (05miles) from payyoli (iringath)
- Mini Goa - Beach near Kolavipalam beach
- Parapalli beach
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 Shiva temple
- Kizhur ganapathi temple
- Kommath temple (kizhur)
- Nademmal Badrakali Temple
- Thevar Matam Sandhana Gopala Swami Vishnu Temple
- Valappil Temple
Notable residents
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 northern stretch of National Highway 66 connects connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai and the southern stretch to Cochin and Trivandrum.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Kudumbashree | City Profile in PMAY - Payyoli .
- Web site: Under Construction . 15 July 2022 . 17 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217150823/http://kizhurshivatemple.in/ . dead .
- Web site: rediff.com Olympics Special: P T Usha, India's golden girl . George . Iype . rediff.com . 1 March 2011.
