Palakkuzhi | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 10.507°N 76.476°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Palakkad |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 678684 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 91 4922 |
Registration Plate: | KL-9, KL-49 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Vadakkencherry (15 km away) Palakkad (45 km away) |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Alathur |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Tharoor |
Palakkuzhi is a village in Alathur taluk of Palakkad district, Kerala State. Vadakkenchery is the nearest town and is 14 km away from here.[1]
Thindillam waterfalls is a major people attraction spot. The village is covered by lush green hill slopes of coffee and rubber plantations. This place rubs border with the Peechi Wildlife sanctuary
The Palakkad district panchayat has begun efforts to establish a power project at the Thindillam waterfalls at Palakkuzhi. Four acres would be acquired for the project and the project aims to generate 3.78 MW at the initial stage and the panchayat would sell the generated power to Kerala State Electricity Board[2]
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has few schedules to Palakkuzhi and there are other Private operators too.
St. Thomas Church, Palakkuzhi is located here[3]
This town connects to other parts of India through Palakkad city. National Highway No.544 connects to Coimbatore and Bangalore. Other parts of Kerala is accessed through National Highway No.66 going through Thrissur. Calicut International Airport, Cochin International Airport and Coimbatore Airport are the nearest airports. Shoranur Junction railway station is the nearest major railway station.