Kadavanthra is a

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and a major commercial centre in Kochi City, with a close vicinity to the city's biggest railway station 'Ernakulam Junction' and Kochi's commercial high street the M.G.Road, in the Indian state of Kerala.

Surroundings

Kadavanthra Junction is a major

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in Kochi, one of the busiest in the city. The junction facilitates Kadavanthra Metro Station, catering to passengers for Panampilly Nagar/Kadavanthra area. The junction is an intersection of Kochi City's main arterial Sahodaran Ayyappan Road (east-west) with arterial

Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road a major arterial road of Kochi City, also known as KK Road is one of the three north-south arteries in the city of Kochi. Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road starts from Kadavanthra Junction and ends at Kaloor, the two major junctions ...

(north-south) and '' K.P.Vallon Road'' (north-south). This junction enhances rail connectivity from M.G Road to Vytilla Mobility Hub. Kadavanthra is part of Kochi's

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located in central Kochi area. It is notable as home for the headquarters of the

Greater Cochin Development Authority Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) is the statutory body overseeing the development of the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. Headquartered at Kadavanthra, GCDA oversees the development of the major part of Greater Cochin are ...

, the statutory body overseeing the development of the city of Kochi. NIA (

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) is also located in Kadavanthra. The Kochi Metro Kadavanthra station is situated in front of GCDA lawns. Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Soften Technologies, Bhavans Vidya Mandir and St Josephs Upper Primary School are located in this area. The region is an emerging commercial high street with branded retail stores and many 3- and 5-star hotels such as Olive Downtown,

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Kochi, Avenue Centre Hotel, Star Paradise, Park Residency hotel and Cochin Palace hotel. Affluent housing colonies include Panampilly Nagar, Giri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Jawahar Nagar. Central Bank of India,

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, South Indian Bank,

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and Axis Bank branches are present.

It is close to the South Railway Station, with easy access to Kaloor, Vyttila and

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links northern and southern parts of Kochi. Kadavanthra became a major hub following the completion of

. The presence of the

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

Junction Railway Station and residential colonies raise real estate prices. Kadavanthra provides access to Cochin Shipyard and the naval base. It provides alternate access to Atlantis via Railway gate or

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Junction, thus avoiding the usually busy M.G Road.

Facilities

Major centres in and around Kadavanthra include: * Kadavanthra metro station. * The Regional Sports Centre (RSC) Rajiv Gandhi International Indoor Stadium *The Greater

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Development Authority (GCDA) *Statue of

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in the

S.A Road Sahodaran Ayyappan Road, popularly known as S.A Road is one of the most important and the second main arterial road of CBD Kochi city (after the M.G Road); it is supposed to be the busiest and most congested road in the city of Kochi, which run ...

. *

. *Office of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)
Facets Dental Clinics
*Office of the Housing Development Authority in Panampilly Nagar *The Kadavanthra Post Office on Cheruparambath Road *The Passport office in Panampilly Nagar *Panampilly Nagar has a separate post office *Supplyco of the Civil Supplies Department, Government of Kerala in Gandhinagar *Kadavanthra Janamytri

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* Fire Station * BSNL office * Indra Gandhi Co-operative Hospital *Akshaya Hospital *Giridhar Hospital *Lotus Eye Hospital *Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) *Office of Health Inspector * Elamkulam village office *The Vijaya Hospital *The

, Ernakulam South Branch is in

* The Bank of Baroda *The Federal Bank *Offices of Airtel, Reliance, Tata Indicom,

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*Maannullil Builders Enterprises in S.A.Road * "Kallelil Building" in S.A.Road, accommodates Central Bank of India (Kadavanthra Branch). *

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ATM is in "Kallelil Building" Kadavanthra.
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* Olive Downtown Hotel- 5 star luxury hotel * Olive Builder Luxury Apartments in Cochin http://www.olivebuilder.com/projects/olive-heights situated at the heart of kadavanthara. * * Radisson Blu Kochi-5 star luxury hotel * Newsport.in
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Location

References

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