Nemom
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| Coordinates | 8°27′28.42″N 76°59′57.82″E / 8.4578944°N 76.9993944°E |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District(s) | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Subdistrict | Thiruvananthapuram taluk |
| Parliamentary constituency | Trivandrum |
| Assembly constituency | Nemom |
| Civic agency | Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
| Zone | Nemom, Ponnumangalam |
| Ward | 66, 67 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Nemom is a suburb of the city of Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), capital of Kerala state, India. It lies 8 km to the south of Trivandrum, on the main arterial highway leading to Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India. Nemom now falls within the municipal corporation of Trivandrum, though partly exclusive. It is connected with Trivandrum, Neyyattinkara, Vizhinjam, Poovar, Kattakkada, Nagarcoil, and Kanyakumari by regular bus services.
Nemom has a Government Ayurveda Clinic. There is a public market at Pravachambalam, about one kilometre away from Nemom.
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[edit] Politics
Nemom assembly constituency is part of Trivandrum (Lok Sabha constituency).
Shri Shashi Tharoor of Indian National Congress represents the area in the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha).
Shri N Sakthan of Indian National Congress is the MLA representing Nemom Assembly Constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly (Niyama Sabha).
[edit] Administration
Nemom consists of 2 wards of Trivandrum Corporation. Nemom itself as 66th ward and Ponnumangalam as 67th.
[edit] Village
Nemom village comes within Thiruvananthapuram taluk. Thiruvananthapuram district has four taluks namely, Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad and Chirayinkeezh. There are 120 villages under the 4 taluks of the district.
[edit] Government Offices
[edit] Central Government
- Nemom Post Office
- Nemom Railway Station
- BSNL Telephone Exchange, Nemom
- Office of the Sub Divisional Engineer, BSNL
[edit] State Government
- Office of the Circle Inspector of Police (Nemom Police Station)
- Trivandrum Corporation Zonal Office, Nemom
- Nemom Village Office
- Nemom Sub Registrar's Office
- KSEB Section Office, Nemom
- PWD Section Office, Nemom
- Government Hospital, Santhivila
[edit] Banks
- State Bank of Travancore, Pravachambalam
- Catholic Syrian Bank, Nemom
- Thiruvananthapuram District Co-operative Bank, Pravachambalam
[edit] Educational institutions
- Sree Vidyadhiraja Homoeopathic Medical College
- Sree Vidyadhiraja Pharmacy College
- Victory Boys' Higher Secondary School
- Victory Girls' High School
- Tolstoy Memorial Public School, Santhivila
- New UPS, Santhivila
- Little Flower Convent, Vellayani Jn.
- Government UP School, Nemom
- Swami Vivekananda Mission Central School, Koliakode
[edit] Other Major Establishments
- Merryland Studios (Merryland, which played important roles in the history of Malayalam cinema, was opened in 1951 by veteran director-producer P. Subramaniam)
- Venus Engineering Works & Foundry Ltd. (Bicycle parts manufacturing unit of Metro Exporters, Mumbai)
- Thejas Cinemas (Movie theater)
- Vellayani Devi Temple
- Thaliyadichapuram Siva Temple
- Maha Ganapathy Temple
- Nemom Muslim Juma Masjid, Vellayani Jn.
[edit] Distance by road
- 8 km from Trivandrum City Bus Terminal, East Fort
- 8 km from Trivandrum Interstate Bus Terminal, Thampanoor
- 8 km from Trivandrum Central Railway Station
- 16 km from Trivandrum International Airport
- 8 km from proposed International Deep Water Seaport & Container Transshipment Terminal, Vizhinjam
- 10 km from Neyyattinkara town
[edit] External links
- Kerala State election 2006 results of Nemom constituency
- Councilors of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
- Municipal Corporation election 2005 results of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
- Map of Thiruvananthapuram District
