Vellora

Vellora
village
Vellora Location in Kerala, India Vellora Vellora (India)
Coordinates: 12°10′0″N 75°21′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2001)
• Total	9,794
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670306
Telephone code	0498
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL 13,KL-59
Lok Sabha constituency	kasaragod
Vidhan Sabha constituency	payyannur

Vellora is a village in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala .With state road connectivity, schools, hospitals post office and bank, dating back to 1950's

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Places of interest

Vellora is a very old village, with many picturesque places around. Dotted on the westernghats, like vellinkeel, bekal fort, fort st. angelo, pathampara, madai thattu, ezhimala naval academy, ettikulam beach, pazhassi dam, paithalmala a hill station with pleasant climate even during harsh summer. Vellora is strategically located between Taliparamba and Payyanur, equally distanced by 26 km either way. Coorg border to east and Arabian Sea to the west, 17 km either side.

Transportation

The national highway passes through Perumba junction. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Payyanur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.