Thoppumpady is a place in the city of Cochin in Ernakulam district

Ernakulam district

-Economy:Agriculture constitutes the most important segment of the district’s economy and it is the biggest source of employment. Of the geographical 235319 hectares, crops are grown in 0 hectares. Coconut is the principal crop followed by rubber, paddy, and tapioca...

 in the 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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How to Reach

It is about 6 km away from the South Railway Station

Ernakulam Junction

Ernakulam Junction is the largest railway station in the city of Kochi. The station has six platforms and two terminals...

. It has bus services to any 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

Mattancherry Bridge

Mattancherry Bridge is a bridge in Kochi, Kerala, India. It connects mainland Cochin to Willingdon Island. This bridge was constructed in 1998; succeeding the previous bridge of the same name, which was built in 1940. The old bridge now carries only two and three wheelers.The bridge is the first...

 built approximately one kilometer near it now carries majority of the traffic from Thopumpady to the Willington Island.

Thoppumpady is 3 km from Mattancherry

Mattancherry

Mattancherry is the western part of city of Kochi, India. It is said that the name Mattancherry is drawn from "Ancherry Mattam", a Namboodiri illam which then the foreign traders pronounced it as Matt-Ancherry, gradually became Mattancherry. It is about 9 km from Ernakulam town. There are...

 and 5 km from Fort Kochi

Fort Kochi

Fort Kochi is a region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. This is part of a handful of water-bound regions toward the south-west of the mainland Kochi, and collectively known as Old Kochi or West Kochi. Adjacent to this is Mattancherry...

. 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 Willington 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

Indian Navy

The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...

, 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

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 industries in the state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

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