Local businesses in Kochi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 200
- Gokul Ootupura; Cafficana; Hotel Eat 'n' Pack; Hotel Vaishali Dhaba; Punjabi Tadka by Panjami; French Toast; Frozen Bottle; Ginger House Museum Restaurant; Hotel Real Vaishali Bihar; Perumal Tea Stall
- Hotels and lodges: 149
- Avenue Center Hotel; Sui House B&B; Vimala Hostel; Palm Grove Villa; Casa Mia Homestay; St Jude Women's Hostel; Sacred Heart College Womens Hostel; Smile serviced villa; Aldos Ark Home Stay; Costa Gama Home Stay
- Attractions and museums: 12
- Venduruthy Bridge; Mattancherry Dutch Palace; Mattancherry Dutch Palace Complex; Indo-Portuguese Museum; Synagogue Lane; Indian Naval Maritime Museum; Police Museum; Dhobi Khana; Kochi Tourist Boating Centre; Spot on the rocks
- Cinemas and theatres: 7
- EVM; Jaylakshami Theatre; Pratheeksha Theatre; Sagarika Cinema; Ajantha Theaters; Kanoos Cinema; Kokers Theatre
- Places of worship: 105
- Dharmanath Desar Jain Mandir; Subrahmanya Swami Temple; Lourdes Matha Church; Our Lady of Dolours Church; Kuladevatha Mahalakshmi Temple; Sree Krishnaswami Temple; St. Joseph's Chapel, Fort Kochi; St.Joseph Capuchin Ashram; Udyaneswaram Siva Temple; Deliverance Church Kochi
- Parks and stadiums: 44
- Koithara Park; P.R Mathew park; Tirumala Devaswom High School,Mattanchery; Madonna Sports Club; Rajiv Gandhi Mini Stadium; Veli Ground; Pallathuraman Park, Fort Kochi Veli; Sporthood; Thamarakullam Park, Amaravathy; Veli Park
- Hospitals: 29
- Taluk Headquarters Maharajas Hospital Karuvelippad; District TB Centre Karuvelipady; Jesus Hospital; Palluruthy Government Hospital; Women and Children Hospital, Mattancherry; Jacobs Hospital; Taluk Hospital Palluruthy; Urban Primary Health Cenre, Pandikudy; Urban Primary Health Centre, Edakochi; Urban Primary Health Centre, Mangattumukku
- Schools: 47
- Edward Memorial Government School Ground; Government Upper Primary School Thamaraparambu; MMOVHSS; Seamanship School; St Thomas Girls' High School; St. Louis High School, Mundamveli; Thirumala Devaswom Lower Primary School, Mattanchery; Government Girls Higher Secondary School,Mattanchery; Ssnkm Sharada Mandir Mattanchery Primary School; St. Aloysius Convent ISC School, Palluruthy
Kochi facts
- District
- Ernakulam district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 6,77,381 (5,96,473 in 2001)
- Area
- about 94.88 sq km
- PIN codes
- 682001 (Kochi), 683111 (Kochi Airport), 682016 (Kochi M.G.Road), 682004 (Kochi Naval Base)
- Places nearby
- Thoppumpady Harbour Bridge (bridge across Vembanad lake, 1 km), Thoppumpady BOT Bridge (bridge, 1 km), St Louis Church (church, 1 km), Mundamveli (town, 1 km)
- Local economy
- Kochi is widely described as the financial and commercial capital of Kerala, a major port city on the Malabar Coast. Federal Bank, one of India's larger private banks, is based in the suburb of Aluva.
- Culture and food
- Centuries of migration have given Kochi a mixed, multicultural population drawn from all parts of Kerala and much of India.
- History
- Ancient travellers called the place Cocym, Cochym and Cochin. The Cochin Jewish community called it Kogin, and Arab merchants called it Kashi.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.