Payyoli is a municipality town on the

Malabar Coast The Malabar Coast is the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Geographically, it comprises the wettest regions of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains, especially on their westward-facing m ...

Kozhikode district Kozhikode (), or Calicut district, is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, along its Southwestern Malabar Coast. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The district is 67.15% urbanised. ...

in the South Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. Payyoli is famous for being the hometown of athlete

PT Usha Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha (born 27 June 1964) is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She was born in Kuthali, Kozhikode, Kerala. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She has won 4 Asian gold medals and 7 S ...

, who is nicknamed as the Payyoli Express. It is a town in Quilandy Taluk,

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

District.

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* Nearest airport:

Calicut International Airport Calicut International Airport , also known as Kozhikode Airport or Karipur Airport, is an international airport located in Karipur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India. It serves the Malabar region of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad and Palak ...

and

Kannur International Airport Kannur International Airport is an airport serving the North Malabar region of Kerala, Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka and Mahé district of Puducherry in India. It is located east of Kannur, and east of Thalassery, near the municip ...

* Nearest railway station: Payyoli * Nearest bus stand: Payyoli * Nearest police station: Payyoli * Nearest Govt. School: GVHSS Payyoli *Nearest Fire Station:Vadakara Payyoli is situated besides the national highway (NH66) between Koyilandy and

Vatakara Vatakara, also spelled Vadakara (formerly Badagara), , french: Bargaret, is a Municipality in the state of Kerala, India. Vatakara is located between Kannur and Kozhikode. The municipality of Vatakara covers an area of and is bordered by Ma ...

Attractions

* Kunhali Marakkar museum, at Iringal, about away from Payyoli * Thikkodi driving beach * Thuraserikkadavu (island/thuruth) * Velliyam kallu (a rock in river) * Hochimin city ( Thurasserikkadavu) * Iringal craft village (iringal) * Shikkara boat service purakkad (Akalapuzha river) * Kadalur light house (nandhi) * Kovvapuram chira (fishing spot) * Thurasserikkadavu Palam * Perumal puram Siva temple * Akalappuzha backwater view point * Afrah Juma Masjid * Kizhur Shiva kshethram * Ayanikkad Juma Masjid * Kottakkal Juma Masjid * Kolavi palam beach & Turtle Cage * Charichal Palli Makham (Payyoli Angadi) * Payyoli Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple * Muthasshikkavu temple (Thurasserikkadavu) * Micro wave view point – from payyoli (iringath)

Temples

* Kizhur Maha Shiva kshethram * Sree Iringal Kottayil Temple * Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple * Payyoli Sree Mahavishnu Temple * Sree Kurumba Temple * Muthassikkavu temple ( Thurasserikkadavu) * Vadakke puthukkot paradevatha temple (Thurasserikkadavu) * Kunnath temple (kizhur junction ) * Parambil temple (Thachankunn) * Palliyarkkal temple ( Thachankunn ) * Perumalpuram temple * Kizhur ganapathi temple * Kommath temple ( kizhur ) * Nademmal Badrakali Temple * Thevar Matam Sandhana Gopala Swami Vishnu Temple * Chirakkal parambil sree bhagavathi temple * Valappil Temple

Notable residents

* Olympian P. T. Usha, Indian runner known as "Payyoli express"

Transportation

Payyoli connects to other parts of India through NH 66. The nearest airports are at

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

and

. The nearest railway station is at Payyoli. The national highway no.66 passes through Payyoli and the northern stretch connects to

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

and

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. The southern stretch connects to

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

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Koyilandy area {{Kozhikode-geo-stub

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