Nemom Explained

Nemom
Settlement Type:	Suburb
Pushpin Map:	India Kerala
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:	8.4579°N 76.9994°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	India
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Kerala
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Thiruvananthapuram
Subdivision Type3:	Zone
Subdivision Name3:	Nemom, Ponnumangalam
Subdivision Type4:	Ward
Subdivision Name4:	66, 67
Parts Type:	Talukas
Parts:	Thiruvananthapuram taluk
Governing Body:	Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
Leader Title1:	Councilor
Leader Name1:	Deepika U, BJP
Unit Pref:	Met
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type1:	Languages
Demographics1 Title1:	Official
Demographics1 Info1:	Malayalam, English
Timezone1:	IST
Utc Offset1:	+5:30
Postal Code Type:	PIN
Postal Code:	695020
Area Code Type:	Telephone code
Area Code:	91 471
Registration Plate:	KL-01
Blank1 Name Sec1:	Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:	Trivandrum
Blank2 Name Sec1:	Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:	Nemom
Blank3 Name Sec1:	Civic agency
Blank3 Info Sec1:	Thiruvananthapuram Corporation

Nemom is an area in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum). It is surrounded by Thirumala in the north, Malayinkeezhu in the north-east, Balaramapuram in the south-east, Kovalam in the south and Thiruvallam in the west. Nemom 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 National Highway 66.

Nemom has a Government Ayurveda Clinic.^[1] There is a public market at Pravachambalam, about one kilometre away from Nemom. Vellayani Devi Temple^[2] is located in Nemom.

Politics

Nemom assembly constituency is part of Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency.

Shashi Tharoor^[3] of Indian National Congress represents the area in the lower house of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha). V. Sivankutty of Communist Party of India (Marxist) is the MLA representing Nemom Assembly Constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly (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. 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 namely, Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad, Kattakada, Varkala and Chirayinkeezh.

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)^[4]
• 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
• Vyasa vidhyalayam, Nemom

Other Major Establishments

• Merryland Studio,^[5] 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^[6]
• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ayushya Ayurvedic Clinic in Nemom, Trivandrum . Yentha.com . 2010-07-25 . 2013-10-26.
2. Web site: Vellayani Devi Temple - Info, Timings, Photos, History, Videos. TemplePurohit - Your Spiritual Destination Bhakti, Shraddha Aur Ashirwad. en-US. 2019-07-01.
3. Web site: Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India . India.gov.in . 2012-08-19 . 26 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201226083620/https://www.india.gov.in/ . live .
4. https://tvmcity.keralapolice.gov.in/wings/police-stations/nemom-ps Kerala Police
5. Web site: Good Read: Personality - P.Subramaniam;Visionary and entrepreneur . Spoonfeedin.blogspot.com . 2009-01-02 . 2012-08-19 . 26 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201226083621/http://spoonfeedin.blogspot.com/2009/01/personality-psubramaniamvisionary-and.html . live .
6. Web site: Sreejith N . Bhagavathy Temples - Vellayani Devi . Kerala Temples . 2013-11-04 . 26 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201226081040/http://www.thekeralatemples.com/templeinfo/bhagavathy/vellayani.htm . live .