Ollur

• Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School
• St. Raphael's Convent Girls High School
• Holy Angels English Medium High School
• St Mary's Convent Girls High School
• St Joseph's High School Anakkallu, Ollur
• Augustin Akkara Memo H.S, Kuttanallur, Ollur
• Government High School, Anchery, Ollur
• Government Upper Primary School, Ollur
• Government Upper Primary School, Thaikkttussery, Ollur
• Mission Home Lower Primary School, Mariyapuram, Ollur
• Asha Bhavan Deaf & Dumb School, Ollur

A multi-storey apartment building in Ollur town

• Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda College, Thaikkatussery, Ollur
• Sri C. Achutha Menon Government College, Kuttanellur, Ollur
• Government Arts and Science College, Ollur
• Government Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) College, Ollur

• St Vincent De Paul Hospital, Ollur
• Holy Family Hospital, Ollur
• E.S.I. Dispensary, Ollur
• Kanichayi Dental Clinic, Ollur
• Kattukkaran Hospital, Ollur
• Carewell Dental Clinic, Ollur
• Maria Dental Speciality Centre, Ollur
• Mandumbal dental clinic, Ollur

• Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum
• St. Euphrasia Museum

• Ollur Police Station (Assistant Commissioner of Police)
• Kerala State Electricity Board (Sub Division)
• Ollur Telephone Exchange
• Ollur Post Office

Edakkunni Sri Durga Bhagavathy Temple is one of the 108 Durga temples believed to have been built by Parasurama.[4] The devi in Edakkunni Sri Durga Bhagavathy Temple is Vaishnava. The temple does not have upadevas inside the temple walls. The temple is an important participant in the Arattupuzha Pooram. Edakkunni Uthram Vilakku is the festival celebrated at Edakkunni Temple.

St. Anthony's Forane Church is situated in Ollur. The church and parish played important roles in the beginning and growth of the Trichur Diocese. Of the four counsellors of Msgr. Dr. A. E. Medlycott the first vicar apostolic one was the vicar of the Ollur church, and another an Ollurian Fr. Marcellinos Menachery Erinjery who was also the first vicar of the cathedral church of Lourdes and the first native major seminary rector. Feast of Saint Raphael, Ollur, the Archangel, is the most important festival of Ollur church falling on 23 and 24 October of each year.[5] People from distant places areas come here for the festival. The Ollur church, as all old places of worship in Kerala, is situated on top of a hillock, and there are numerous ring roads around this typically Kerala architecture style Devalaya, replete with woodwork, murals and colourful tiles.[6][7][8]

C.M.C. Euphrasia Eluvathingal's tomb and the convent is located in Ollur. There is a small museum inside the convent where her belongings are displayed.[9][10][11]

Ollur houses around 20 tile factories. These units cater mainly to Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In the pre-independence period, tiles were exported from Ollur railway station to different parts of the country by rail network.[12]

Ollur fish and vegetable market seen from municipal building

Ollur has timber and wooden packing boxes, around 300 units of wooden packing boxes units. Before India's independence, the British used to source sleepers and wooden platforms for railways from Ollur. During the First World War, wooden packing cases were built in Ollur for military purposes also. The business grew and now, the wooden packing cases of Ollur reach all parts of India and are even used for export. The boxes are made from rubber wood, which is taken on auction from different parts of Kerala. Another main business which goes with wooden packing case is the timber industry which is highly concentrated in Ollur. There are many saw mills also in Ollur.[13][14]

Ollur manufactures rolled gold ornaments sold in all over India. The rolled gold industry employee around 6,000 people and is 200 years old. The ornaments are made with designs imported from Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and other parts of India. Rolled gold jewelries are also exported to Middle East countries which have a large Indian diaspora. Rolled gold is a very thin sheet of gold that is laminated to a lesser metal (usually brass). The two layers of metal are heated under pressure to fuse them together. The sheet is them rolled into a very thin sheet and then used to make jewelry or other objects.

• Sree Bhavan Veg Hotel
• Sree Bhavan Bar
• Kallada Restaurant and Bar
• Massland Restaurant
• Salkara Restaurant and Bar
• Maheswari Veg Hotel
• Gift Restaurant
• Spicy restaurant
• Soofi Mandi

• ICICI Bank
• Canara Bank
• Bank of Baroda
• Federal Bank
• Dhanalakshmi Bank
• Catholic Syrian Bank
• South Indian Bank Ltd
• State Bank of India
• Axis Bank

Front side of the Ollur railway station in Ollur town

Ollur railway station traces its history to 1902, when Shoranur–Cochin railway line was built during the rule of Sir Sri Rama Varma of Cochin Royal Family. Now, this railway line in the Central part of Kerala is considered one of the busiest railway route in Kerala and handles very high traffic intensity including passengers and goods. Ollur railway station falls between Thrissur railway station and Pudukad railway station in Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section electrified railway double line.

Only eight trains stop at Ollur railway station. They are Guruvayoor–Ernakulam Passenger, Ernakulam–Guruvayoor Passenger, Shoranur–Ernakulam Passenger and Ernakulam–Shoranur Passenger. Shoranur–Cochin Passenger runs between Cochin Harbour Terminus railway station and Shoranur Junction railway station. The train operates daily except on Sundays and covers a distance of 113 km. Second-class seating coaches are available. Guruvayoor–Ernakulam Passenger runs between Ernakulam Junction railway station and Guruvayoor railway station.