Vembayam is a village in
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 ...
in the state of
Kerala
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,
India
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.
Location
Vembayam is located on
Main Central Road
The Main Central Road, better known as MC Road is the arterial State Highway starting from Kesavadasapuram in Trivandrum city and ends at Angamaly, a suburb of Kochi city in Ernakulam District, in the state of Kerala, India. It is designated as ...
, at a distance of 21 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
It comes under Nedumangad Taluk. Nearest airport is
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport , is an international airport which serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and fifth international airport of ...
and railway station is Thiruvananthapuram central Railway station. Vembayam is surrounded by two Grama panchayath Vembayam and
Manikkal
Manikkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.
Demographics
India census
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, East by
Pothencode
Pothencode, is a rapidly developing town and a developing area of Thiruvananthapuram District in the Indian state of Kerala. Spiritual leaders Brahmasree Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi, Sree Rama Dasa Mission, Karunakara Guru and founde ...
, West by
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 suburb ...
municipality and South by
Karakulam
Karakulam is a panchayat in Nedumangad Taluk in Tiruvananthapuram District in the state of Kerala, India. It is the most populated panchayat in the district according to 2011 census.
Location
Karakulam is located approximately 12km. from t ...
.
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the country's oldest state-run public bus transport services. The corporation is divided into three zones ( ...
operates a bus mini terminal at Vembayam jn. It is well connected to all parts of the state by state road transport buses. Pirappancode International Swimming Pool and Thampuran Para are located here.
Demographics and economy
India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, Vembayam had a population of 20716 with 9905 males and 10811 females.
Traditionally Agriculture are the economic activities of people. Agricultural industry also played a vital role. Vembayam was an ideal place for Rice farming and rubber plantations. Rice is the staple food of the people of Vembayam, and, traditionally, the cultivation of rice has occupied pride of place in the agrarian economy of the Panchayath. The lush green of paddy fields is one of the most captivating features of Vembayam's landscape. But gradually reduced to the agricultural land.
As per the data Vembayam is thick with rubber plantations. The entire paddy fields were converted into housing colonies.
Schools
There are a number of Public and Private schools in Vembayam.
* Gvt.BHS Kanniakulangara
* Gvt. HSS Neduveli
* Gvt.LPS Kanniakulangara
* Gvt.LPS Thekkada
* New UP School Cheeranikkara
* Gvt.LPS Cheeranikkara
* Gvt. UPS Konchira
* St Thomas Vembayam
* Gvt. UP School Konchira
* Gvt.LPS Punkumoodu
* Gvt.LPS Nannattukavu
* Lourdes Mount Higher Secondary School Vattappara
* Lourdes Mount Public School Vattappara
*Govt.LPS Kuttiyani
Notable personalities
*
K. P. A. C. Azeez
Azeez (27 November 1934 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 100 films. He came into the movie industry as a villain, later he started doing character roles, such as police officer, jailer, and ministe ...
, Malayalam Film actor
*
Sankar, Film director, Screen writer and Novelist
* Vembayam Thampi , Malayalam Film actor
*
KG Kunjukrishnapillai, Ex MLA
Major political organizations
* Indian National Congress (i)
* Communist Party of India ( CPI)
*Communist Party of India (Marxist)
*Social Democratic Party of India(SDPI)
*Popular Front of India
* Bharatiya Janatha Party
*Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
* Shiv Sena
*Kerala Congress (M)
*PDP
* All India Youth Federation of India (AlYF)
*Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI)
* All India Students Federation (AISF)
*Students Federation of India
*Indian Youth Congress (i)
*RSS
* Kerala Students Union (KSU)
*Muslim Youth League (MYL)
*Muslim Student's Federation (MSF)
*Bharatiya Janatha Yuva Morcha
References
Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district
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