Cheemeni

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Cheemeni
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Cheemeni
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Cheemeni
Cheemeni (India)
Coordinates: 12°14′25″N75°13′55″E / 12.240140°N 75.2318700°E / 12.240140; 75.2318700 Coordinates: 12°14′25″N75°13′55″E / 12.240140°N 75.2318700°E / 12.240140; 75.2318700
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Kasaragod
Taluk Hosdurg
Government
  Type Panchayati raj (India)
  BodyKayyur-Cheemeni Grama Panchayat
Area
  Total36.68 km2 (14.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total8,283
  Density230/km2 (580/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 in Hosdurg taluk of Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. [1] [2]

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Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Cheemeni had a population of 8,283 with 3,908 males and 4,375 females. [3]

Transportation

Local roads have access to NH 66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Kannur in the south. The nearest railway station is Cheruvathur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Kannur.[ citation needed ]

Developmental projects

Cheemeni Power Project

A 47500 crore 2000-MW coal based super 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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References

  1. "Taluk Offices" . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  3. "Census of India: Search Details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. "Aryadan Hints abandoning of Cheemeni Power project". www.kseboa.org. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
  5. "Plans for 440 kW substation at Cheemeni". The Hindu. 31 August 2016.
  6. "Kasaragod solar park could provide relief to power crisis | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India .