Pettah is an urban neighbourhood of Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

, the capital of the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

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Location

Pettah is on the way to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and Shanghumugham Beach. Private and KSRTC

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is the state-run bus company in Kerala, India. It is one of the oldest state run public bus transport services in India.-History:...

 buses connect Pettah to most parts of the city.

The railway station at Pettah is 3 km from Thiruvananthapuram Central

Trivandrum Central

Trivandrum Central is the main railway station in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the largest and busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of passenger movement and the second most important rail hub in South India. It is also the most profitable station...

 railway station. Most incoming trains from Kollam

Kollam

Kollam , often anglicized as ', is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city lies on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake on the Arabian sea coast and is situated about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram...

 direction (from north) halt here. But very few outgoing trains to north have a halt at Pettah.

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is around 5 km away.350m from new airport terminal.

Prominent Institutions

• Railway Hospital
• Kerala Kaumudi Buildings
  Kerala Kaumudi
  Kerala Kaumudi is a popular Malayalam newspaper, founded in 1911 by C. V. Kunhiraman with K. Sukumaran B.A. as the founder editor. Printed from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur in Kerala and Bangalore, Kerala Kaumudi is the third most circulated Malayalam daily. The...
  
  
• Pettah Juma Masjid
• Tourist villages 'VELI TOURIST VILLAGE'is near by Pettah
• Hospitals like LORDS, KIMS, ANANTHAPURI etc. are near to Pettah junction.

External links

• About Pettah
• About Pettah Railway Station