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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85" title="ارناکولام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ارناکولام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A3%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%AE" title="એર્ણાકુલમ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="એર્ણાકુલમ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE" title="एर्नाकुलम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एर्नाकुलम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%82" title="ಎರ್ನಾಕುಳಂ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಎರ್ನಾಕುಳಂ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82" title="എറണാകുളം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="എറണാകുളം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE" title="एर्नाकुलम – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="एर्नाकुलम" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam_(stadsdeel)" title="Ernakulam (stadsdeel) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ernakulam (stadsdeel)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Эрнакулам – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Эрнакулам" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ernakulam" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="எர்ணாகுளம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="எர்ணாகுளம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%82" title="ఎర్నాకులం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఎర్నాకులం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Ернакулам – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ернакулам" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85" title="ایرناکولم – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ایرناکولم" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district">Ernakulam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi Municipal Corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">22.36 m (73.36 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">Language</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th 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text" href="http://www.ernakulam.nic.in">www<wbr />.ernakulam<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ernakulam</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Malayalam:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ml-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Malayalam" title="Help:IPA/Malayalam">[erɐɳɐːkuɭɐm]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">central business district</a> of the city of <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It is the namesake of <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district">Ernakulam district</a>. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the <a href="/wiki/Venduruthy_Bridge" title="Venduruthy Bridge">Venduruthy Bridge</a> is called as Western Kochi.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many major establishments, including the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_High_Court" title="Kerala High Court">Kerala High Court</a>, the office of the <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi Municipal Corporation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Shipyard" title="Cochin Shipyard">Cochin Shipyard</a> are situated in Ernakulam. It is also the most urbanized area in the city of Kochi. The Southern Naval Command (SNC) is in Kochi, Ernakulam <a href="/wiki/District" title="District">district</a>, Kerala. Established in <a href="/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a>, it is the largest <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">naval</a> command of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a>, focusing on training and maritime <a href="/wiki/Security" title="Security">security</a> operations in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> and Indian <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">Ocean</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word Ernakulam has a varied derivation, with some references to mythology and others to temples. According to <i>Komattil Achutha Menon</i>, the word <i>Erangiyal</i> got its start from a particular kind of mud. In the past, Lord Shiva was referred to as <i>Erayanar</i> in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>. This was done in Kerala as well, and it became known as Eranakulam after that. There are also other opinions about the origin of the name, saying that Rishinagakulam became Eranakulam after losing it, but that the word Ernakulam came from Eranakulathappan Temple, and that it came from the word Kulam (Pond) for a long time because it was full of water bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Kingdom of Cochin</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_history">Classical history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Classical history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region can claim to have played a significant part in fostering the trade relations between <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and the outside world in the ancient and medieval period.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The early political history of Ernakulam is interlinked with that of the <a href="/wiki/Chera_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Chera Dynasty">Chera Dynasty</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sangam_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangam period">Sangam age</a>, who ruled over vast portions of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. After the Cheras, the place was later ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Kingdom of Cochin</a> (Perumpadapu Swaroopam).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Princely_State_of_Cochin">Princely State of Cochin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Princely State of Cochin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although under British suzerainty (specifically the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>) since the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Treaty_of_1814" title="Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814">Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rama_Varma_XII" title="Rama Varma XII">Rama Varma XII</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Kingdom of Cochin</a> moved his capital from <a href="/wiki/Mattancherry" title="Mattancherry">Mattancherry</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tripunithura" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripunithura">Tripunithura</a> in about 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-Pradeep_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pradeep-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Kochi" title="Fort Kochi">Fort Cochin Municipality</a> was established in 1866 under the Madras Town Improvement Act of 1865, and municipal elections were first held in 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-Pradeep_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pradeep-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ernakulam became a municipality in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-Pradeep_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pradeep-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first state census of 1911, the population of Ernakulam was 21,901; 11,197 <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>, 9,357 <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>, 935 <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>, and 412 <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernakulam District">Ernakulam District</a> is situated in Central <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> in India. Ernakulam is located at the <a href="/wiki/Geographical_coordinate_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographical coordinate system">geographic coordinates</a> of <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ernakulam&params=9_58_53.8_N_76_17_59.6_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°58′53.8″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°17′59.6″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.981611°N 76.299889°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.981611; 76.299889</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at an elevation of 22.36 m (73.4 ft) above the mean sea level. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, the city of Ernakulam features a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">Tropical monsoon climate</a>. Since the region lies in the south western coastal state of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, the climate is tropical, with only minor differences in temperatures between day and night, as well as over the year. Summer lasts from March to May, and is followed by the <a href="/wiki/South-west_monsoon" class="mw-redirect" title="South-west monsoon">South-west monsoon</a> from June to September. October and November form the post monsoon or retreating monsoon season. Winter from December through February is slightly cooler, and windy, due to winds from the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>. </p><p>The city is drenched in the monsoonal season by heavy showers. The average annual rainfall is 3,000 mm (120 in). The <a href="/wiki/South-west_monsoon" class="mw-redirect" title="South-west monsoon">South-west monsoon</a> generally sets in during the last week of May. After July the rainfall decreases. On an average, there are 124 rainy days in a year. The maximum average temperature of the city in the summer season is 33 °C (91 °F) while the minimum temperature recorded is 22.5 °C (72.5 °F). The winter season records a maximum average of 29 °C (84 °F) and a minimum average of 20 °C (68 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Climate_data">Climate data</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate data"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Below is the climate data for Kochi Naval Base, which is situated nearby to Ernakulam. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kochi (<a href="/wiki/INS_Venduruthy" title="INS Venduruthy">Kochi Naval Base</a>) 1981–2010, extremes 1951–2012 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(96.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(97.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.5<br />(97.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(0.96) </td> <td style="background: #D2FFD2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(1.07) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(1.77) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">113.1<br />(4.45) </td> <td style="background: #005600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">284.5<br />(11.20) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">700.3<br />(27.57) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">575.5<br />(22.66) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">378.8<br />(14.91) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">310.3<br />(12.22) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">366.6<br />(14.43) </td> <td style="background: #17FF17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">150.4<br />(5.92) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(1.54) </td> <td style="background: #008000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,014.8<br />(118.69) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2 </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">23.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.8 </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.0 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.2 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">124.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 17:30 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">73 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/India_Meteorological_Department" title="India Meteorological Department">India Meteorological Department</a><sup id="cite_ref-IMDnormals_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDnormals-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDextremes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDextremes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png/300px-INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png/450px-INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png/600px-INS_Vikrant_under_construction_at_Cochin_Shipyard.png 2x" data-file-width="3314" data-file-height="2094" /></a><figcaption>A view of Ernakulam side of Kochi</figcaption></figure> <p>As of November 2012, Ernakulam was on target to become the first district in the nation of India to have 100% banking, ensuring that all families, except for voluntary exclusions, hold bank accounts. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ernakulam, aka the CBD (Central Business District) of Kochi, has seen high urbanisation in the past few decades, thus turning it into an economic hub of the city. The first traces of this transformation were seen after the MG Road connecting <a href="/wiki/Ravipuram" title="Ravipuram">Ravipuram</a> and Kacherippady was opened in 1972. The development took a new shape after the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Cochin_Development_Authority" title="Greater Cochin Development Authority">Greater Cochin Development Authority</a> (GCDA) built the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Drive,_Kochi" title="Marine Drive, Kochi">Marine Drive</a> to the West of <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_Road_(Kochi)" title="Mahatma Gandhi Road (Kochi)">MG Road</a>, in the late 70s. Marine Drive and MG Road thus became the backbone of Kochi's economic activities, and acted as the base for the city to expand in all directions thereafter. Although the current bypass of Ernakulam is quickly becoming the new </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ernakulam is a city that is connected to the <a href="/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_and_East%E2%80%93West_Corridor" title="North–South and East–West Corridor">North-South Corridor</a> National Highway System via the four-laned <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_66_(India)" title="National Highway 66 (India)">National Highway 66</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_544_(India)" title="National Highway 544 (India)">National Highway 544</a>.The MC Road starting from Thiruvananthapuram ends in <a href="/wiki/Angamaly" title="Angamaly">Angamaly</a>. The highway traverses through the entire length and breadth of the city from different points and provides access to the nearby cities such as <a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Tamil_Nadu" title="Salem, Tamil Nadu">Salem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_66_(India)" title="National Highway 66 (India)">NH 66</a> was supposed to be acting as the bypass for Kochi city, but the fast-paced urban expansion of Kochi has meant that the bypass quickly became a city road passing through the middle of it, thereby forcing the NHAI to propose a new bypass for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state-owned <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation</a> (KSRTC) runs inter-state, inter-district and city services, mostly from the Ernakulam KSRTC bus stand which is the busiest bus stand in Kochi after the <a href="/wiki/Vytilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Vytilla">Vytilla</a> Mobility Hub. The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation</a> also operates two other bus stations in Ernakulam region of Kochi city, called as Ernakulam Jetty and Thevara Depot.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Junction_railway_station" title="Ernakulam Junction railway station">Ernakulam Junction railway station</a> is located close to the city's main shopping area situated on Ernakulam MG Road, and is connected by metro. The <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_Zone_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway Zone (India)">Southern Railway</a> Zone of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a> operates the main rail transport system in Ernakulam.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ernakulam Junction Railway Station is a junction and departing station of passengers and express trains, and is the stopping point for trains going towards the south side <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a>. Both the North and South railway stations have been selected by the Ministry of Railways to be upgraded to airport-like ones. The redevelopment of the Ernakulam Junction railway station has recently gotten underway.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cochin_International_Airport" title="Cochin International Airport">Cochin International Airport</a> is situated about 27 kilometers away from Ernakulam. The old civilian airport of Kochi was situated much closer to Ernakulam, at <a href="/wiki/Willingdon_Island" title="Willingdon Island">Willingdon Island</a>. It is now formally known as <a href="/wiki/INS_Garuda" title="INS Garuda">INS Garuda</a>, and is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Naval_Command" title="Southern Naval Command">Southern Naval Commanheadquarters</a> headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metro">Metro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Metro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Metro" title="Kochi Metro">Kochi Metro</a></div> <p>Ernakulam region is connected with the other parts of Kochi city with the <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Metro" title="Kochi Metro">Kochi Metro</a>, which was opened in July 2017. The first phase is being set up at an estimated cost of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>51.81 billion</span> (US$620 million),<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has a length of over 28 kilometres stretching from <a href="/wiki/Aluva" title="Aluva">Aluva</a> in the north to <a href="/wiki/Tripunithura_railway_station" title="Tripunithura railway station">Tripunithura railway station</a> in the southeast, passing through Ernakulam. Currently 25.6 km of phase 1 from Aluva to <a href="/wiki/Pettah,_Thiruvananthapuram" title="Pettah, Thiruvananthapuram">Pettah</a> is open to public while the remaining 2.7 km from Pettah to <a href="/wiki/Tripunithura" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripunithura">Tripunithura</a> is under construction.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Water_Metro" title="Kochi Water Metro">Kochi Water Metro</a></div> <p>Ernakulam has a number of jetties where passengers can embark and disembark from ferries. Ferry services connect with Willingdon Island, <a href="/wiki/Mattancherry" title="Mattancherry">Mattancherry</a>, Fort Kochi and Mulavukadu, at intervals of 20 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Water_Metro" title="Kochi Water Metro">Kochi Water Metro</a> is an integrated water metro system serving the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Cochin" title="Greater Cochin">Greater Kochi</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SWTD (Govt. of Kerala Department) offers cheap ferry service on the following routes: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ferry services in the vicinity of Ernakulam </th></tr> <tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Destination </th> <th>Route via </th> <th>Comments </th></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td rowspan="9">Ernakulam </td> <td>Fort Kochi </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Fort Kochi </td> <td>Embarkation (Willingdon Island) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Fort Kochi (Kamalakadavu Jetty) </td> <td>Embarkation (Willingdon Island) </td> <td>SuperFast with AC & non-AC seating </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Mattancherry </td> <td>Fort Kochi, Terminals (Willingdon Island) </td> <td>Services temporarily suspended between Terminals and Mattancherry </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Mattancherry </td> <td>Embarkation (Willingdon Island), Fort Kochi, Terminals (Willingdon Island) </td> <td>Services temporarily suspended between Terminals and Mattancherry </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Vypeen </td> <td>Embarkation (Willingdon Island) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Vypeen </td> <td>Embarkation (Willingdon Island), Fort Kochi </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Varapuzha </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>High Court </td> <td>Mulavukadu Panchayat </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Vytilla </td> <td>Kakkanad (near Rajagiri Campus) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>Chittoor </td> <td>Kadamakkudy </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Print">Print</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Print"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major Malayalam <a href="/wiki/Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers">newspapers</a> published in Ernakulam include <i><a href="/wiki/Malayala_Manorama" title="Malayala Manorama">Malayala Manorama</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mathrubhumi" title="Mathrubhumi">Mathrubhumi</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Janmabhumi" title="Janmabhumi">Janmabhoomi</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Madhyamam" title="Madhyamam">Madhyamam</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deshabhimani" title="Deshabhimani">Deshabhimani</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deepika_(newspaper)" title="Deepika (newspaper)">Deepika</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Kaumudi" title="Kerala Kaumudi">Kerala Kaumudi</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Thejas" title="Thejas">Thejas</a></i>, <i>Metro Vartha</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Siraj_Daily" title="Siraj Daily">Siraj Daily</a></i>, <i>Varthamanam</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Janayugam" class="mw-redirect" title="Janayugam">Janayugam</a></i>, Kochi Vartha and <i>Veekshanam</i>. </p><p>Popular English newspapers include <i><a href="/wiki/Deccan_Chronicle" title="Deccan Chronicle">Deccan Chronicle</a></i>, <i>The Times of India</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Indian_Express" title="The New Indian Express">The New Indian Express</a></i>. A number of evening papers are also published from the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Evieningers_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Evieningers-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Newspapers in other regional languages like <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> are also sold in large numbers. </p><p>Being the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Stock_Exchange" title="Cochin Stock Exchange">Cochin Stock Exchange</a>, a number of financial publications are also published in the city. These include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Line" title="Business Line">Business Line</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Business_Standard" title="The Business Standard">The Business Standard</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Financial_Express_(India)" title="The Financial Express (India)">The Financial Express</a></i>. </p><p>Prominent magazines and religious publications like the <i><a href="/wiki/Sathyadeepam" title="Sathyadeepam">Sathyadeepam</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Week_(Indian_magazine)" title="The Week (Indian magazine)">The Week</a></i> are also published. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Television stations in Ernakulam include <a href="/wiki/Asianet_(TV_channel)" title="Asianet (TV channel)">Asianet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asianet_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="Asianet Plus">Asianet Plus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asianet_News" title="Asianet News">Asianet News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zee_Keralam" title="Zee Keralam">Zee Keralam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surya_TV" title="Surya TV">Surya TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surya_Movies" class="mw-redirect" title="Surya Movies">Surya Movies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surya_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Surya Music">Surya Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surya_Comedy_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Surya Comedy Channel">Surya Comedy Channel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amrita_TV" title="Amrita TV">Amrita TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Media One">Media One</a>, Twentyfour News, <a href="/wiki/Jeevan_TV" title="Jeevan TV">Jeevan TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manorama_News" title="Manorama News">Manorama news</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathrubhumi_News" title="Mathrubhumi News">Mathrubhumi News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janam_TV" title="Janam TV">Janam TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kairali_TV" title="Kairali TV">WE TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flowers_TV" title="Flowers TV">Flowers TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reporter_TV" title="Reporter TV">Reporter TV</a>. DTH services are available through <a href="/wiki/DD_Free_Dish" title="DD Free Dish">DD Free Dish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airtel_digital_TV" title="Airtel digital TV">airtel digital TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dish_TV" title="Dish TV">Dish TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Direct" title="Sun Direct">Sun Direct</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tata_Sky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tata Sky">Tata Sky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Independent_TV_(India)" title="Independent TV (India)">Independent TV (India)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Videocon_d2h" class="mw-redirect" title="Videocon d2h">Videocon d2h</a>. The cable operators in Ernakulam are <a href="/wiki/Asianet_Digital_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Asianet Digital TV">Asianet Digital TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siti_Cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Siti Cable">Siti Cable</a>, Kerala Vision, <a href="/wiki/DEN_Networks" title="DEN Networks">DEN Networks</a>. The local channels are <a href="/wiki/Asianet_Satellite_Communications" title="Asianet Satellite Communications">Asianet Cable Vision</a>, Ernakulam cable TV and Den mtn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a> has two <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a> stations in the city, operating at 102.3  <a href="/wiki/Megahertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Megahertz">MHz</a> AIR Kochi FM and 107.5 MHz. AIR Rainbow FM Private FM radio stations are <a href="/wiki/Radio_Mango_91.9" title="Radio Mango 91.9">Radio Mango 91.9</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_FM_93.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Red FM 93.5">Red FM 93.5</a>, <a href="/wiki/94.3_Club_FM" title="94.3 Club FM">94.3 Club FM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_Mirchi" title="Radio Mirchi">104.0 Radio Mirchi</a>. These operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Universities – <a href="/wiki/Cochin_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Cochin University of Science and Technology">Cochin University of Science and Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Advanced_Legal_Studies" title="National University of Advanced Legal Studies">National University of Advanced Legal Studies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_University_of_Fisheries_and_Ocean_Studies" title="Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies">Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sree_Sankaracharya_University_of_Sanskrit" title="Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit">Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit</a></li> <li>Colleges<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – <a href="/wiki/Maharaja%27s_College,_Ernakulam" title="Maharaja's College, Ernakulam">Maharajas College</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Teresa%27s_College" title="St. Teresa's College">St. Teresa's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Albert%27s_College" title="St. Albert's College">St. Albert's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_College,_Thevara" title="Sacred Heart College, Thevara">Sacred Heart College, Thevara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cochin_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Cochin University of Science and Technology">Cochin University of Science and Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%E2%80%99s_College,_Kalamassery" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery">St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajagiri_College_of_Social_Sciences" title="Rajagiri College of Social Sciences">Rajagiri College of Social Sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharata_Mata_College" title="Bharata Mata College">Bharata Mata College</a>, <a href="/wiki/School_of_Engineering,_CUSAT" title="School of Engineering, CUSAT">School of Engineering, CUSAT</a>, KMEA Engineering College, <a href="/wiki/Government_Medical_College,_Ernakulam" title="Government Medical College, Ernakulam">Government Medical College, Ernakulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_Model_Engineering_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Model Engineering College">Government Model Engineering College</a>,De paul institute of Science and Technology, <a href="/wiki/Government_Law_College,_Ernakulam" title="Government Law College, Ernakulam">Government Law College, Ernakulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_Christian_College,_Aluva" title="Union Christian College, Aluva">Union Christian College, Aluva</a>, Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, Puthencruz , <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jai_Bharath_Engineering_Collage,_Perumbavoor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jai Bharath Engineering Collage, Perumbavoor (page does not exist)">Jai Bharath Engineering Collage, Perumbavoor</a> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Federal Institute of Science and Technology">Federal Institute of Science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angamaly" title="Angamaly">Angamaly</a>,<a href="/wiki/SCMS_School_of_Engineering_and_Technology" title="SCMS School of Engineering and Technology">SCMS School of Engineering and Technology</a> <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Advanced_Legal_Studies" title="National University of Advanced Legal Studies">National University of Advanced Legal Studies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ernakulam assembly constituency is part of <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aluva" title="Aluva">Aluva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angamaly" title="Angamaly">Angamaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district">Ernakulam district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochukadavanthra" title="Kochukadavanthra">Kochukadavanthra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Places_of_worship_in_Ernakulam" title="Places of worship in Ernakulam">Places of worship in Ernakulam</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernakulam&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Travancore-Cochin" class="mw-redirect" title="Travancore-Cochin">Travancore-Cochin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Kochi" title="Transport in Kochi">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_International_Airport" title="Cochin International Airport">Cochin International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Harbour_Terminus_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochin Harbour Terminus railway station">Cochin Harbour Terminus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edappally_railway_station" title="Edappally railway station">Edappally railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Junction_railway_station" title="Ernakulam Junction railway station">Ernakulam Junction railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Terminus_railway_station" title="Ernakulam Terminus railway station">Ernakulam Terminus railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Town_railway_station" title="Ernakulam Town railway station">Ernakulam Town railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Port" title="Cochin Port">Cochin Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Shipyard" title="Cochin Shipyard">Cochin Shipyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Urban_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation">Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Water_Transport_Department" title="Kerala State Water Transport Department">Kerala State Water Transport Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Metro" title="Kochi Metro">Kochi Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyttila_Mobility_Hub" title="Vyttila Mobility Hub">Vyttila Mobility Hub</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi Municipal Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_High_Court" title="Kerala High Court">Kerala High Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Stock_Exchange" title="Cochin Stock Exchange">Cochin Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consumerfed" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumerfed">Consumerfed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fertilisers_and_Chemicals_Travancore" title="Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore">Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Cochin_Development_Authority" title="Greater Cochin Development Authority">Greater Cochin Development Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Container_Transshipment_Terminal,_Kochi" title="International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi">International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Civil_Supplies_Corporation" title="Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation">Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Refineries" title="Kochi Refineries">Kochi Refineries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Malls</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberon_Mall" title="Oberon Mall">Oberon Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulu_International_Shopping_Mall,_Kochi" title="Lulu International Shopping Mall, Kochi">LuLu International Shopping Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Souk_Grande,_Kochi" title="Gold Souk Grande, Kochi">Gold Souk Grandé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abad_Nucleus_Mall" title="Abad Nucleus Mall">Abad Nucleus Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forum_Thomsun_Mall" title="Forum Thomsun Mall">Forum Thomsun Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q1_Mall" title="Q1 Mall">Q1 Mall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kochi" title="Culture of Kochi">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Jews" title="Cochin Jews">Cochin Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christians" title="Saint Thomas Christians">Saint Thomas Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Catholics_of_Malabar" title="Latin Catholics of Malabar">Latin Catholics of Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luso-Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Luso-Indians">Luso-Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Kerala">Cuisine of Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kerala" title="Culture of Kerala">Culture of Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalabhavan" title="Kalabhavan">Kalabhavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Major_Archeparchy_of_Ernakulam-Angamaly" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly">Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cochin" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin">Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Verapoly" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places of worship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chottanikkara_Temple" title="Chottanikkara Temple">Chottanikkara Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Poornathrayeesa_Temple" title="Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple">Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Shiva_Temple" title="Ernakulam Shiva Temple">Ernakulam Shiva Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamaramkulangara_Sree_Dharma_Sastha_Temple" title="Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha Temple">Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadavumbhagam_Ernakulam_Synagogue" title="Kadavumbhagam Ernakulam Synagogue">Kadavumbhagam Ernakulam Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadavumbhagam_Mattancherry_Synagogue" title="Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue">Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradesi_Synagogue" title="Paradesi Synagogue">Paradesi Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Cathedral_Basilica,_Ernakulam" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam">St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._George_Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Forane_Church,_Edappally" class="mw-redirect" title="St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Edappally">St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Edappally </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Church,_Kochi" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Francis Church, Kochi">St. Francis Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallarpadam_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Vallarpadam Church">Vallarpadam Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Health care</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amala_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences" title="Amala Institute of Medical Sciences">Amala Institute of Medical Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_and_Research_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre">Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aster_Medcity" title="Aster Medcity">Aster Medcity</a></li> <li>Gautham Hospital</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital,_Ernakulam" title="General Hospital, Ernakulam">General Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Co-operative_Hospital" title="Indira Gandhi Co-operative Hospital">Indira Gandhi Co-operative Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeshore_Hospital" title="Lakeshore Hospital">Lakeshore Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisie_Hospital,_Kochi" title="Lisie Hospital, Kochi">Lisie Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisie_Heart_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisie Heart Institute">Lisie Heart Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lourdes_Heart_institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Lourdes Heart institute">Lourdes Heart institute</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lourdes_Hospital_(Kerala)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lourdes Hospital (Kerala) (page does not exist)">Lourdes Hospital (Kerala)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar_Augustine_Kandathil_Memorial_Lisie_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Mar Augustine Kandathil Memorial Lisie Hospital">Mar Augustine Kandathil Memorial Lisie Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_Trust_Hospital" title="Medical Trust Hospital">Medical Trust Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saraf_Hospital" title="Saraf Hospital">Saraf Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_Hospital_Kochi" title="Sunrise Hospital Kochi">Sunrise Hospital Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renai_medicity" class="mw-redirect" title="Renai medicity">Renai medicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagiri_Hospital" title="Rajagiri Hospital">Rajagiri Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assisi_Vidyaniketan_Public_School" title="Assisi Vidyaniketan Public School">Assissi Vidyaniketan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Vidya_Bhavan" title="Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan">Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinmaya_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinmaya Vidyalaya">Chinmaya Vidyalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choice_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Choice School">Choice School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Refineries_School" title="Cochin Refineries School">Cochin Refineries School</a></li> <li><a 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Thevara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SCMS_School_of_Engineering_and_Technology" title="SCMS School of Engineering and Technology">SCMS School of Engineering and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Teresa%27s_College" title="St. Teresa's College">St. Teresa's College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja%27s_College,_Ernakulam" title="Maharaja's College, Ernakulam">Maharaja's College, Ernakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MES_College_Marampally,_Aluva" title="MES College Marampally, Aluva">MES College Marampally, Aluva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Medical_College,_Ernakulam" title="Government Medical College, Ernakulam">Government Medical College, Ernakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharata_Mata_College" title="Bharata Mata College">Bharata Mata College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Albert%27s_College" title="St. Albert's College">St. Albert's College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Roads</th><td 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<li><a href="/wiki/Chittur-Thathamangalam" title="Chittur-Thathamangalam">Chittur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devikulam" title="Devikulam">Devikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eranad_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Eranad Taluk">Eranad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_taluk" title="Hosdurg taluk">Hosdurg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idukki" class="mw-redirect" title="Idukki">Idukki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iritty_taluk" title="Iritty taluk">Iritty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanayannur" title="Kanayannur">Kanayannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanjirappally" title="Kanjirappally">Kanjirappally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannur_taluk" title="Kannur taluk">Kannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthikappally" title="Karthikappally">Karthikappally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli" title="Karunagappalli">Karunagappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_taluk" title="Kasaragod taluk">Kasaragod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattakada" title="Kattakada">Kattakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_taluk" title="Kollam taluk">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondotty_taluk" title="Kondotty taluk">Kondotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konni,_Kerala" title="Konni, Kerala">Konni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothamangalam,_Kerala" title="Kothamangalam, Kerala">Kothamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Koyilandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhencherry" title="Kozhencherry">Kozhencherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamkulam" title="Kunnamkulam">Kunnamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathunad" title="Kunnathunad">Kunnathunad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathur,_Kerala" title="Kunnathur, Kerala">Kunnathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttanad" title="Kuttanad">Kuttanad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallapally" title="Mallapally">Mallapally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mananthavady" title="Mananthavady">Mananthavady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram_taluk" title="Manjeshwaram taluk">Manjeshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannarkkad" title="Mannarkkad">Mannarkkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikkara" title="Mavelikkara">Mavelikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenachil" title="Meenachil">Meenachil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukundapuram_Taluk" title="Mukundapuram Taluk">Mukundapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumangad_taluk" title="Nedumangad taluk">Nedumangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara_taluk" title="Neyyattinkara taluk">Neyyattinkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur_taluk" title="Paravur taluk">North Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottapalam" title="Ottapalam">Ottapalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattambi" title="Pattambi">Pattambi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payyanur_taluk" title="Payyanur taluk">Payyanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peermade" title="Peermade">Peermade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perinthalmanna_taluk" title="Perinthalmanna taluk">Perinthalmanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnani_taluk" title="Ponnani taluk">Ponnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranni,_Kerala" title="Ranni, Kerala">Ranni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Bathery" title="Sultan Bathery">Sultan Bathery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliparamba_taluk" title="Taliparamba taluk">Taliparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalapilly" title="Thalapilly">Thalapilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarassery" title="Thamarassery">Thamarassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Taluk" title="Thiruvananthapuram Taluk">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thodupuzha" title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur_Taluk" title="Tirur Taluk">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi_Taluk_Office" title="Tirurangadi Taluk Office">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udumbanchola" title="Udumbanchola">Udumbanchola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellarikundu Taluk">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Kerala" title="List of municipal corporations in Kerala">Municipal corporations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Corporation" title="Thiruvananthapuram Corporation">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kozhikode Municipal Corporation">Kozhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kollam Municipal Corporation">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Thrissur Municipal Corporation">Thrissur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kannur Municipal Corporation">Kannur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Kerala">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: #f6fbf7;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoor" title="Adoor">Adoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthoor" title="Anthoor">Anthoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aluva" title="Aluva">Aluva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angamaly" title="Angamaly">Angamaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attingal" title="Attingal">Attingal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalakudy" title="Chalakudy">Chalakudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changanassery" title="Changanassery">Changanassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavakkad" title="Chavakkad">Chavakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengannur" title="Chengannur">Chengannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherthala" title="Cherthala">Cherthala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittur-Thathamangalam" title="Chittur-Thathamangalam">Chittur-Thathamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eloor" title="Eloor">Eloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guruvayur" title="Guruvayur">Guruvayur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irinjalakuda" title="Irinjalakuda">Irinjalakuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iritty" title="Iritty">Iritty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamassery" title="Kalamassery">Kalamassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpetta" title="Kalpetta">Kalpetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli" title="Karunagappalli">Karunagappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattappana" title="Kattappana">Kattappana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondotty" title="Kondotty">Kondotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuthuparamba" title="Kuthuparamba">Kuthuparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothamangalam,_Kerala" title="Kothamangalam, Kerala">Kothamangalam, Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Koyilandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamkulam" title="Kunnamkulam">Kunnamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeri" title="Manjeri">Manjeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maradu" title="Maradu">Maradu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattanur" title="Mattanur">Mattanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikkara" title="Mavelikkara">Mavelikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumangad" title="Nedumangad">Nedumangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara" title="Neyyattinkara">Neyyattinkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Paravur" title="North Paravur">North Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottapalam" title="Ottapalam">Ottapalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala,_Kerala" title="Pala, Kerala">Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panoor" title="Panoor">Panoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappanangadi" title="Parappanangadi">Parappanangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta" title="Pathanamthitta">Pathanamthitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payyanur" title="Payyanur">Payyanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perinthalmanna" title="Perinthalmanna">Perinthalmanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perumbavoor" title="Perumbavoor">Perumbavoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoranur" title="Shoranur">Shoranur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekandapuram" title="Sreekandapuram">Sreekandapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanur,_Malappuram" title="Tanur, Malappuram">Tanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliparamba" title="Taliparamba">Taliparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thodupuzha" title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkakkara" title="Thrikkakkara">Thrikkakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrippunithura" title="Thrippunithura">Thrippunithura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur" title="Tirur">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi" title="Tirurangadi">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valanchery" title="Valanchery">Valanchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Other towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edappal" title="Edappal">Edappal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thavanur" title="Thavanur">Thavanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthanathani" title="Puthanathani">Puthanathani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angadipuram" title="Angadipuram">Angadipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankada" title="Mankada">Mankada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttippuram" title="Kuttippuram">Kuttippuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karipur" title="Karipur">Karipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areekode" title="Areekode">Areekode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandoor,_Kerala" title="Wandoor, Kerala">Wandoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vengara,_Malappuram_district" title="Vengara, Malappuram district">Vengara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallikkunnu" title="Vallikkunnu">Vallikkunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olavanna" title="Olavanna">Olavanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamangalam" title="Kunnamangalam">Kunnamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarassery" title="Thamarassery">Thamarassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvambady" title="Thiruvambady">Thiruvambady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodencheri" title="Kodencheri">Kodencheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balussery" title="Balussery">Balussery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perambra" title="Perambra">Perambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadapuram" title="Nadapuram">Nadapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttiady" title="Kuttiady">Kuttiady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Wayanad" title="Lakkidi, Wayanad">Lakkidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chundale" title="Chundale">Chundale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meppadi" title="Meppadi">Meppadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottappadi_Part,_Meppadi" title="Kottappadi Part, Meppadi">Kottappadi Part</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muttil,_Kalpetta" title="Muttil, Kalpetta">Muttil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padinharethara" title="Padinharethara">Padinharethara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenangadi" title="Meenangadi">Meenangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamaram" title="Panamaram">Panamaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulpally" title="Pulpally">Pulpally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peravoor" title="Peravoor">Peravoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmadom" title="Dharmadom">Dharmadom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjarakkandy" title="Anjarakkandy">Anjarakkandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzhappilangad" title="Muzhappilangad">Muzhappilangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhikode_and_Azhikkal" title="Azhikode and Azhikkal">Azhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherukunnu" title="Cherukunnu">Cherukunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pappinisseri" title="Pappinisseri">Pappinisseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalliasseri" title="Kalliasseri">Kalliasseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irikkur" title="Irikkur">Irikkur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alakode,_Kannur_district" title="Alakode, Kannur district">Alakode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruvathur" title="Cheruvathur">Cheruvathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udma" title="Udma">Udma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu" title="Vellarikundu">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappa_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parappa (village)">Parappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karadka" title="Karadka">Karadka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalpady" title="Mangalpady">Mangalpady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peermade" title="Peermade">Peermade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandiperiyar" title="Vandiperiyar">Vandiperiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumily" title="Kumily">Kumily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajakkad" title="Rajakkad">Rajakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munnar" title="Munnar">Munnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devikulam" title="Devikulam">Devikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimali" title="Adimali">Adimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolenchery" title="Kolenchery">Kolenchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthencruz" title="Puthencruz">Puthencruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathunad" title="Kunnathunad">Kunnathunad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalady" title="Kalady">Kalady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayattoor" title="Malayattoor">Malayattoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chottanikkara" title="Chottanikkara">Chottanikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayamperoor" title="Udayamperoor">Udayamperoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varappuzha" title="Varappuzha">Varappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreemoolanagaram" title="Sreemoolanagaram">Sreemoolanagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumbassery" title="Nedumbassery">Nedumbassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mala,_Kerala" title="Mala, Kerala">Mala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodakara" title="Kodakara">Kodakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthukkad" title="Puthukkad">Puthukkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaloor" title="Manaloor">Manaloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavaratty" title="Pavaratty">Pavaratty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelakkara" title="Chelakkara">Chelakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadakkencherry" title="Vadakkencherry">Vadakkencherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alathur" title="Alathur">Alathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemmara" title="Nemmara">Nemmara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthunagaram" title="Puthunagaram">Puthunagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malampuzha" title="Malampuzha">Malampuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekrishnapuram,_Palakkad" title="Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad">Sreekrishnapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Palakkad" title="Lakkidi, Palakkad">Lakkidi-Perur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrithala" title="Thrithala">Thrithala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parassala" title="Parassala">Parassala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaramapuram" title="Balaramapuram">Balaramapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattakada" title="Kattakada">Kattakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirayinkeezhu" title="Chirayinkeezhu">Chirayinkeezhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilimanoor" title="Kilimanoor">Kilimanoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parippally" title="Parippally">Parippally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathannoor" title="Chathannoor">Chathannoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottiyam" title="Kottiyam">Kottiyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundara" title="Kundara">Kundara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oachira" title="Oachira">Oachira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta" title="Sasthamkotta">Sasthamkotta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathur,_Kerala" title="Kunnathur, Kerala">Kunnathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchal" 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