 Thekkumkur lies between the Meenachil River and the Pamba River, from the Western Ghats to the Vembanad Kayal.Thekkumkur emerges as a result of administrative changes in the princely states at the end of the Chera Kulasekhara dynasty of Mahodayapuram.The literal meaning of the title is "the southern regent" and the attribute "southern" distinguished them from another kingdom known as "Vadakkumkur (northern regent)" which bordered it in the northern side.