Nemom is an area in the city of

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

(formerly Trivandrum). It is surrounded by

Thirumala Tirumala is a spiritual town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the suburbs of the Tirupati urban agglomeration. The town is a part of Tirupati Urban Development Authority and located in Tirupati (rural ...

in the north, Malayinkeezhu in the north-east,

Balaramapuram Balaramapuram is one of the panchayats that form the city of Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala, India. It is the most urbanized panchayat in the Thiruvananthapuram district. Balaramapuram is the centre for the production of traditional varie ...

in the south-east,

Kovalam Kovalam is a region in the city of Trivandrum, around 13 km southwest of the city center, whose beaches are a tourist destination. Etymology Kovalam means "coconut grove," after the coconut trees which are common there. History Kovala ...

in the south and Thiruvallam in the west. Nemom falls within the municipal corporation of Thiruvananthapuram, though partly exclusive. It is connected with

Neyyattinkara Neyyattinkara, is a Municipal Town and a major industrial and commercial hub located at the southern tip of Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala State, and also the headquarters of Neyyattinkara Taluk. The ...

Vizhinjam Vizhinjam is a region located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala in India. It is located 16 km south west from the city centre and 17 km south of Trivandrum International Airport along NH66. Adani Por ...

, Poovar,

Kattakkada Kattakada is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. It is situated 13km north of Neyyattinkara town, 18km south of Nedumangad town and 20km east of Capital City Thiruvananthapuram. There is also a Tehsil/Taluk called Kattakada. It c ...

Nagarcoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...

, and

Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland Ind ...

through the main arterial highway National Highway 66. Nemom has a Government

Ayurveda Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population rep ...

Clinic. There is a public market at Pravachambalam, about one kilometre away from Nemom.. Vellayani Devi Temple is located in Nemom.

Politics

Nemom assembly constituency is part of Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency.

Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor (; ; born 9 March 1956 in London, England ) is an Indian former international civil servant, diplomat, bureaucrat and politician, writer and public intellectual who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, ...

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

represents the area in the lower house of the Indian Parliament (

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

). V. Sivankutty of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

is the MLA representing Nemom Assembly Constituency in the

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...

(Niyama Sabha) after 2021 assembly election. He is also the present Minister of the state for School Education. Deepika U of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the present councilor of Nemom Corporation Division.

Administration

Nemom consists of 2 wards of

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation (തിരുവനന്തപുരം നഗരസഭ) is the oldest and the largest (by area and population) city corporation in the Kerala state of India. It is the municipal corporation that administ ...

. The 66th ward named as Nemom and 67th named as Ponnumangalam.

Village

Nemom village comes under Thiruvananthapuram taluk of the six taluks of

Thiruvananthapuram district Thiruvananthapuram District (), is the southernmost district in the Indian state of Kerala. The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which is also Kerala's administrative centre. The present d ...

namely, Thiruvananthapuram,

Nedumangad Nedumangad is a town and municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area of Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala, and is the headquarters of Nedumangad tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division (RDO). It is a sub ...

, Kattakada, Varkala and

Chirayinkeezh Chirayinkeezhu is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It was also hometown of famous Malayalam Film actor Prem Nazir . It is the seat of Chirayinkeezhu taluk. Anjengo Fort The well known Anjengo Fort (''Anch ...

Government Offices

Central Government

* Nemom Post Office * Railway Station * 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 *

Zonal Office, Nemom * Nemom Village Office * Nemom Sub Registrar's Office *

KSEB Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is an Indian public sector undertaking under the Government of Kerala that generates, transmits and distributes electricity in the state under government monopoly. Established in 1957, the agency comes und ...

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 * Vyasa vidhyalayam, Nemom

Other Major Establishments

* Merryland Studio, which played important roles in the history of

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippathaya ...

, was opened in 1951 by veteran director-producer

P. Subramaniam P. Subramaniam (19 February 1910 – 4 October 1979) was an Indian film producer, film director, distributor, theatre owner, and mayor. He is the founder of Merryland Studio (established in 1951), the second film studio in Kerala. From mid-19 ...

) * Venus Engineering Works & Foundry Ltd.(Bicycle parts manufacturing unit of Metro Exporters, Mumbai) * Vellayani Devi Temple * Thaliyadichapuram Sree Mahadeva Temple * Maha Ganapathy Temple * Alamvila Nagaraja Temple * Elappikal Devi Temple * Thrikkannapuram Sreekrishna Swami Temple * Ananthapuram Service Co-operative Bank Nemom * Nemom Muslim Juma Masjid, Vellayani Jn.
Assemblies of God Churches
* CSI Church Nemom, Nemom * Swaraj Grandhashala (Library), Nemom * Nemom Service Cooperative Bank, Vellayani Jn. * Kuruvani Juma Masjid * LS Asafoetida company, Nemom

External links

CSI Church Nemom

References

{{Thiruvananthapuram district Suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram