Aranattukara is located just 2 km from Thrissur railway station and State bus terminus.

Aranattukara had a huge stockyard adjoining the backwaters for storing goods for the consumers of Thrissur.

Aranattukara is one of the early settlement area of St. Thomas Christians by AD 800 who migrated from Kodungallur(Musiris).

A church was built from the Statue of St Sebastian; which was found by the boatmen who were on the trip to Kochi for their supplies.

the School of Drama and Fine Arts is a theatre training institute, the School of Management Studies an MBA institution of Calicut University are located in Aranattukara under Dr John Matthai Centre in Laloor.