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Nemom | |
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Suburb | |
Coordinates:8°27′28.42″N76°59′57.82″E / 8.4578944°N 76.9993944°E /8.4578944; 76.9993944 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Kerala |
District | Thiruvananthapuram |
Zone | Nemom, Ponnumangalam |
Ward | 66, 67 |
Talukas | Thiruvananthapuram taluk |
Government | |
• Body | Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
• Nemom Ward Councilor (66) | Deepika U,BJP |
• Ponnumangalam Ward Councilor (67) | M.R.Gopan,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 a suburb ofThiruvananthapuram, the capital city ofKerala,India.
It is surrounded byThirumala 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 withThiruvananthapuram,Neyyattinkara,Vizhinjam,Poovar,Kattakkada,Nagarcoil, andKanyakumari through the main arterial highwayNational Highway 66.
Nemom has a GovernmentAyurveda 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 is part ofNemom Assembly constituency andThiruvananthapuram Parliamentary constituency.Shashi Tharoor, MP[3] ofIndian National Congress represents Thiruvananthapuram inLok Sabha.V. Sivankutty, MLA ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist) is representing Nemom Assembly constituency in theKerala Legislative Assembly after2021 assembly election. He is also the present Minister forGeneral Education and Labour, Government of Kerala.
Nemom consists of 2 wards ofThiruvananthapuram Corporation. The 66th ward is named as Nemom and 67th named as Ponnumangalam. Deepika U ofBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the present councilor of Nemom Corporation Division.BJP's M.R. Gopan[4] is the councilor of Ponnumangalam Corporation Division. M.R. Gopan is the current Leader of Opposition in Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.
Nemom village comes underThiruvananthapuram taluk of the four taluks ofThiruvananthapuram district namelyChirayinkeezhu,Neyyattinkara,Nedumangad and Thiruvananthapuram.