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Nemom | |
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Suburb | |
Coordinates: 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 |
• Councilor | Deepika U, BJP |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 695020 |
Telephone code | 91 471 |
Vehicle registration | KL-01 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Trivandrum |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Nemom |
Civic agency | 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.[citation needed] Vellayani Devi Temple[2] is located in Nemom.
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.
Nemom consists of 2 wards of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The 66th ward named as Nemom and 67th named as Ponnumangalam.
Nemom village comes under Thiruvananthapuram taluk of the six taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district namely, Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad, Kattakada, Varkala and Chirayinkeezh.