Vellanikkara is a suburban area of
Thrissur
Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...
city of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
,
south India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territo ...
. Its only 9 km from
Swaraj Round
Swaraj Round or Thrissur Round is the local name for a circular road which is about 2 km long in the centre of the city of Thrissur in Kerala, India, surrounding the hillock called the Thekkinkadu Maidan which seats the Vadakkumnathan Temple. Sw ...
.
Kerala Agricultural University
Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is a State university (India), state university for agricultural education, recognised as a Agricultural Universities (India), State Agricultural University (SAU) by the Indian Council of Agricultural Resea ...
is located at Vellanikkara.
Cities and towns in Thrissur district
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