School Aided Junior Basic School Lakshmi Narayana Vidyaniketan Padinharkkara Junior Basic School Colleges N.S.S. College, Palappuram. N.S.S. Training College, Palappuram. Lakshmi Narayana College. Hospitals Padinharkkara Ayurveda Hospital And Research Center(P.A.H.R.C.), ESI Hospital Palappuram Transportation Palappuram town connects to other parts of India through Palakkad city. National Highway No.544 connects to Coimbatore and Bangalore. Other parts of Kerala is accessed through National Highway No.66 going through Thrissur. Calicut International Airport, Cochin International Airport and Coimbatore Airport are the nearest airports. Shoranur Junction railway station is the nearest major railway station. External links puppet play at Chinakkathur Travelogue of British tourists visiting the Pooram Amateur(Ham) Radio station at Palappuram SILK foundry unit being modernised Ottapalam to get Defence Park Cities and towns in Palakkad district Ottapalam