Cheemeni | |
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Town | |
  Cheemeni Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Cheemeni Cheemeni (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:12°14′25″N75°13′55″E / 12.240140°N 75.2318700°E /12.240140; 75.2318700 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Taluk | Hosdurg |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| • Body | Kayyur-Cheemeni Grama Panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.68 km2 (14.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,283 |
| • Density | 225.8/km2 (584.9/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 671313 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-60 |
| Nearest city | Kanhangad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kasaragod |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Thrikaripur |
Cheemeni is a small town inHosdurg taluk ofKasaragod district in the state ofKerala, India.[1][2]
As of the 2011 Indiacensus, Cheemeni had a population of 8,283 with 3,908 males and 4,375 females.[3]
Local roads have access toNH 66 which connects toMangalore in the north andKannur in the south. The nearest railway station isCheruvathur onMangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports atMangalore andKannur.[citation needed]
A₹47500crore 2000-MW coal basedsuper thermal power station, which uses an environment-friendly super critical boiler is planned to be erected at Cheemeni due to increasing power needs of the state. The central government requested for making it gas powered but Kerala government is lobbying for cost effective methods.[4] In 2016 as a first phase a₹2,050 crore 440-kW station is sanctioned to be built.[5] There are other plans like implementing a 200MW solar park in Kasaragod by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).[6]
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