Thonnakkal

Thonnakkal is a Northern village in Thiruvananthapuram Taluk in Kerala, India.^[1] It is located on the National Highway 66, on the way to Kollam from the state's capital. It is located about 25 km from the state's capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Thonnakkal തോണ്ണക്കൽ
village
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Named after	Sports like Kho-Kho and volleyball
Talukas	Thiruvananthapuram
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695317 - Thonnakkal,695313 - Kudavoor, Manjamala
Telephone code	+91 471
Vehicle registration	KL-22
Nearest city	Thiruvananthapuram and Attingal

Mahakavi Kumaranasan, a major poet of Malayalam literature lived in Thonnakkal for long time and his major literary contributions came while he was staying in Thonnakkal. Birthplace of the late Mahakavi Kumaranasan, is near Kayikkara in Thiruvananthapuram District. The house of Kumaranasan is now converted into a tourist spot named Kumaranasan Smarakom.

The place has also given birth to Kathakali artistes like Thonnakkal Peethambaran and Margi Vijayakumar. Thonnakkal is also well known for sports such as Volleyball and Kho Kho. Thonnakkal owns its own Volleyball Team based upon Thonnakkal Samskarika Samithi and Kavil Volley club.Best tourist place is vellanikkal para and kumaran aashan smarakam.