Vechur

Vechoor വെച്ചൂർ Kuda Vechoor
village
Vechoor Church Festival
Coordinates: 9°40′0″N 76°25′0″E / 9.66667°N 76.41667°E / 9.66667; 76.41667Coordinates: 9°40′0″N 76°25′0″E / 9.66667°N 76.41667°E / 9.66667; 76.41667
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Population (2001)
• Total	16,830
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	KL-
Nearest city	Vaikom
Lok Sabha constituency	Kottayam
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Vaikom

Vechoor (Malayalam: വെച്ചൂര്‍) is a village in Vaikom taluk, Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Vechoor is a short drive away from one of Kerala's tourist destinations, Kumarakom. The Vechur Cow breed of cattle is named after this village.

Vechoor village covers a total area of 2,913 hectares. Vechoor is bordered by Vembanattu lake on the west and Kaipuzha river on south. Thanneermukkom Bund starts from Vechoor. Eastern part of vechoor is includes rice fields. There are many natural and man made canals in Vechoor which were used for water transport and irrigation.

Till 1985, road connectivity to Vechoor was limited and bus services from Vaikom used to terminate at Vechoor. A road bridge alongside Thanneermukkom Bund connected Vechoor to Alleppey district in 1985. In 2003, vechoor got connected directly to Kottayam via Kumarakom. Renovation of Kallara - Vechoor road added further connectivity. Vechoor is about 10 km from both the towns Vaikom and Cherthala. Kottayam and Alappuzha are about 20 kilometres away. There are regular bus services to all the towns. Bundroad junction is a major junction in the village where Vaikom - Vechoor road meets road to Cherthala. Kaippuzhamuttu is a bus hub where many bus services termiantes.

A mega infrastructure road project is being planned through vechoor connecting Cherthala to Manarcaud

Swamikkallu boat jetty on western coast of vechoor used to have regular services connecting Ernakulam, Vaikom, Thanneermukkom, Mannanam and Kottayam. Also hand rowed boats were regularly used for transport of goods till end of the 20th century. However the improvement of road transport reduced the importance of inland water transport.