Nemom

Nemom നേമം
Suburb
Nemom Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 8°27′28.42″N 76°59′57.82″E / 8.4578944°N 76.9993944°ECoordinates: 8°27′28.42″N 76°59′57.82″E / 8.4578944°N 76.9993944°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Zone	Nemom, Ponnumangalam
Ward	66, 67
Talukas	Thiruvananthapuram taluk
Government
• Body	Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	695020
Telephone code	91 471
Vehicle registration	KL-01
Lok Sabha constituency	Trivandrum
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nemom
Civic agency	Thiruvananthapuram Corporation

Nemom(Malayalam: നേമം) is a suburb of the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). It is located 8 km (5 mi) to the south of the Thiruvananthapuram city center. Nemom now falls within the municipal corporation of Thiruvananthapuram, though partly exclusive. It is connected with Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Vizhinjam, Poovar, Kattakkada, Nagarcoil, and Kanyakumari through the main arterial highway NH 66.

Nemom has a Government Ayurveda Clinic.^[1] There is a public market at Pravachambalam, about one kilometre away from Nemom.

Politics

Nemom assembly constituency is part of Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency).

Shri Shashi Tharoor ^[2] of Indian National Congress represents the area in the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha). Shri O.Rajagopal of BJP is the MLA representing Nemom Assembly Constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly (Niyama Sabha) after 2016 assembly election.

Administration

Nemom consists of 2 wards of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The 66th ward named as Nemom and 67th named as Ponnumangalam.

Village

Nemom village comes under Thiruvananthapuram taluk of the four taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district namely, Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad and Chirayinkeezh.

Government Offices

Central Government

• Nemom Post Office
• Nemom
• BSNL Telephone Exchange, Nemom
• Office of the Sub Divisional Engineer, BSNL

State Government

• Office of the Circle Inspector of Police (Nemom Police Station)
• Government Taluk Hospital, Santhivila,Nemom
• Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Zonal Office, Nemom
• Nemom Village Office
• Nemom Sub Registrar's Office
• KSEB Section Office, Nemom
• PWD Section Office, Nemom
• Kerala State Handloom Development Corporation,Regional Office, Nemom.
• Government Ayurveda Dispensary, Nemom

Educational institutions

• Sree Vidyadhiraja Homoeopathic Medical College
• Sree Vidyadhiraja Pharmacy College
• Victory Boy's Higher Secondary School
• Victory Girl's 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
• Government HS school pappanamcode
• St.Antonys School, Karakkamandapam

Other Major Establishments

• Merryland Studio,^[3] 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)
• Vellayani Devi Temple^[4]
• Thaliyadichapuram Sree Mahadeva Temple
• Maha Ganapathy Temple
• Nemom Muslim Juma Masjid, Vellayani Jn.
• CSI Church Nemom, Nemom
• Swaraj Grandhashala (Library), Nemom
• Nemom Service Cooperative Bank, Vellayani Jn.

External links

• Kerala State election 2006 results of Nemom constituency
• Map of Thiruvananthapuram District
• Thiruvananthapuram Administration
• Development is the core theme in Nemom
• CSI Church Nemom

References

1. "Ayushya Ayurvedic Clinic in Nemom, Trivandrum". Yentha.com. 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
2. "Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". India.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
3. "Good Read: Personality - P.Subramaniam;Visionary and entrepreneur". Spoonfeedin.blogspot.com. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
4. Sreejith N. "Bhagavathy Temples - Vellayani Devi". Kerala Temples. Retrieved 2013-11-04.