Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram

Kappil
Village
Sunset at Kappil beach
Kappil Location in Kerala, India Kappil Kappil (India)
Coordinates: 8°46′49″N 76°40′35″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Area
• Total	3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695311
Telephone code	0470
Vehicle registration	KL-80,KL-16, KL-01
Nearest city	Varkala
Lok Sabha constituency	Attingal

Kappil is a tourist place in Thiruvananthapuram district , Kerala state, India. It is located in Edava Panchayat at the cost of Arabian Sea, near Varkala. Currently kappil is under Attingal Constituency.

Transportation

• Road

Kappil is connected with Varkala - Paravur - Kollam Road. Varkala Municipal Bus Station opposite to Varkala Railway Station is well connected to Attingal, Trivandrum, Kollam, etc. KSRTC and private buses are doing services in Kappil village to adjacent cities like Varkala, Trivandrum, Kollam, Paravur, etc.

• Rail

Varkala Railway Station which is 7km from Kappil is well connected to major cities like Trivandrum ,Chennai ,Kollam , Kochi , Mumbai , Kanyakumari, Banglore etc

Kappil Railway Station is within the village (700m) which is only a halt station

Edava Railway Station which is also a halt station is situated 4km from Kappil.

• Air

Trivandrum International Airport which is 48km from Kappil.

Tourism

Kappil beach

Kappil beach sunset

Scenic backwaters, beach and facilities for watersport are available. Nellatil, Edava, Paravur, Nadayara, Varkala etc. are locations in the vicinity which are worth visiting.

Kappil is also famous for Kappil Bhagavathy Temple and a tourist spot during the festival season.

Gallery

• 
  Kappil boatclub
• 
  The lonely beach
• 
  A beautiful evening view from Paravur-Kappil bridge
• 
  Edava-Nadayara Lake & Kappil Railway Bridge
• 
  A rainy day
• 
  Thekkumbhagam boat race

References

Varkala papanasham, Little Flower School, Salmiya Nursery, Jawahar balabhavan, New Vadakkey Veedu, K P Sirang, Kappil Devi Temple,

External links

• Media related to Kappil at Wikimedia Commons