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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 | |
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 of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India.
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 is part of Nemom Assembly constituency and Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary constituency. Shashi Tharoor, MP [3] of Indian National Congress represents Thiruvananthapuram in Lok Sabha. V. Sivankutty, MLA of Communist Party of India (Marxist) is representing Nemom Assembly constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly after 2021 assembly election. He is also the present Minister for General Education and Labour, Government of Kerala.
Nemom consists of 2 wards of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The 66th ward is named as Nemom and 67th named as Ponnumangalam. Deepika U of Bharatiya 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 under Thiruvananthapuram taluk of the four taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district namely Chirayinkeezhu, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad and Thiruvananthapuram.