Chettuva ( pt, Chatuá) is a coastal village in Thrissur district, also known as Launchi Velayudhan's Backwater

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. Chettuva is located 25 km from

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

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Chettuva Backwater Chettuva Backwater or Lanchi Velayudhan's Chettuva is located in between Engandiyur Panchayat and Kadappuram Panchayat of Thrissur District in Kerala. The backwaters start at Enamakkal Lake and empties to Arabian Sea. The destination is bless ...

s start at Enamakkal Lake and empties to

Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...

. Erstwhile film director

Ramu Kariat Ramu Kariat (1 February 1927 – 10 February 1979) was an Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, who directed many acclaimed films in the Malayalam cinema. His noted films include ''Neelakkuyil'' (1954), ''Mi ...

was one among the prominent people from Chettuva. In 2011, construction of a harbour, with a view to tap fishing wealth was started.Chettua Harbour
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Major attractions

William Fort William Fort or locally known as Chettuva Fort is located in Chettuva, Thrissur District of Kerala, India. History The fort was constructed by the Dutch East India Company with the permission from Kingdom of Cochin in 1714. Fort was later occu ...

* Chettuva Bungalow * Raja Islands * Chettuva Harbour

References

Geography of Thrissur district Villages in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub