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Neendoor Kottayam | |
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town | |
 Devi Temple,Neendoor | |
 Interactive map of Neendoor | |
| Coordinates:9°40′42″N76°30′20″E / 9.67833°N 76.50556°E /9.67833; 76.50556 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 686601 |
Neendoor is a very small town in theKottayam district inKerala,India.[1] The town is located 8 kmnorth of Kottayam town, and isbordered by the towns ofKaipuzha,Athirampuzha,Kallara,Manjoor,Vechoor, andOnamthuruthu.
Needoor is on the northern border of "Kuttanadu," 16 km from Kottayam and 7.5 km from Ettumanoor. In old days, say up until the early 1990s, the "punchapadam" (rice fields) gave a distinct Kuttandu look for Neendoor. The greenery is still there, what are missing are rice fields and farming. The income comes now mostly from non-farming.
In terms of pure currency in-flow, money sent by ex-pats play a huge role (Middle East, USA, UK, Australia etc.) .Rubber is Neendoor's majorcash crop. Up until the late 1970s,rice was a major cash crop as well. However, in the last severaldecades, the localeconomy has increasingly been bolstered by cash sent by Indian expatriates living in theMiddle East, theUnited States, theUnited Kingdom, andAustralia. This foreign support has contributed to the town's development in recent years - for example, with largemansions replacing the existing small houses. For whatever reason, many expatriates who worked out of state or out of country all their working life come back to Neendoor at retirement and prefer to build a house in the already crowded neighborhood.
The population of Neendoor is primarily ofHindus andKnanayaCatholics. The famous lord Muruga templeNeendoor Subrahmanya Swami Temple is located in this place. Thepatron saint of the area isSt. Michael, after whom the localparishchurch is named. Fr. Shaji Vadakkethotty is the present parish priest who is also the superior of missionaries of St. Pius X, Arch Eparchy of Kottayam and former forane vicar of Holy Family Forane Church, Rajapuram. With the increase in automobile population, gone are the days of quite streets and all people walking to church for Sunday masses. A significant percentage of Neendoor's residents of Kna heritage hasmigrated to the US, Australia and the UK in the last few decades. With the privatization of professional colleges many and attending engineering and other technical schools lately. One of the recent trent seen among the younger generation is to get into a medical career (such as nursing, or X-ray technician) and to find a job abroad.