Palakkad Junction (Palghat) Railway Station (PGT) (Palakkad)

India / Kerala / Palakkad / R S Road

This is the Palakkad Junction railway station (formerly known as Olavakkod Jn). In a way this station is considered as the gateway to Kerala state.
The palakkad Rly Divn. Hqtrs is nearby. Palakkad town station is about 6 kms away on the route to Pollachi-Dindigul jn(metre gauge line-now being converted to Broad gauge).Kalpathy local village is situated 3 km from Palakkad jn.It is a brahmin agraharam (colony) and is famous for kalpathy car festivel. Famous Vitoria college is in the town. T.N. Seshan, Ex. election Commr, famous writer M.T. vasudevan Nair are some among the famous students of this college.
Elevation: 81 m above sea level
Zone: SR/Southern Division: Palakkad (Palghat)

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palakkad_Junction_railway_station

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Coordinates: 10°48'4"N 76°38'25"E

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doyouneedmyhelp

Welcome to Palakkad.......

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doyouneedmyhelp

added by ramesh GIS.. ;)

12 years ago | reply | hide comment

Olavakkode 0.5 km
Palakkad M E S English Medium Higher Secondary School 0.7 km
Nethaji Nagar 0.8 km
Lakshmi Nagar 0.8 km
Hillview Nagar 0.9 km
Pottakulangara 1 km
Ullas Nagar 1 km
Navajyothi Nagar, Kavilpadu 1.1 km
OLD commonwealth Tile factory 1.3 km
Palakkad District 15 km

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