Thoppumpady

Thoppumpady
neighbourhood
Old Thoppumpady Bridge, at night
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	682005
Telephone code	0484
Vehicle registration	KL-43
Nearest city	Kochi

Thoppumpady is a place in the city of Kochi in Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala, India.

Geography

It is located at 9°56′7″N 76°15′33″E.

How to Reach

It is about 9 km away from the South Railway Station. It has bus services to particular location in the city. It is connected to the Willington Island via the Mattancherry Bridge built by the British in the pre independence period. This bridge is a classic work of the British's engineering division. The centre of the bridge can be raised to let bigger boats pass under it. The new Mattancherry bridge built approximately one kilometer near it now carries majority of the traffic from Thopumpady to the Willington Island.

Thoppumpady is 3 km from Mattancherry and 5 km from Fort Kochi. National Highway 47 passes through Thoppumpady.

The old railway station, Harbour Terminus, is just down the Mattancherry Bridge. Only cargo trains come to this station. The Willingdon Island is connected via the Venduruthy Bridge to Thevara. Willington Islands is a government owned property. The major places on the island are: Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command, Naval Airport, Cochin Port Trust, CIFT - Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Hotel Taj Malabar, Hotel Casino, Hotel Trident etc.

Economy

Cochin Fisheries Harbour, located at Thoppumpady, is one of the major fishing industries in the state.