# Nemom

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. There is a public market at Pravachambalam, about one kilometre away from Nemom. Vellayani Devi Temple is located in Nemom.

## Administration
### Constituency

Nemom is part of Nemom Assembly constituency and Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary constituency. Shashi Tharoor, MP 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.

### City corporation

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 is the councilor of Ponnumangalam Corporation Division. M.R. Gopan is the current Leader of Opposition in Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.

### Taluk

Nemom village comes under Thiruvananthapuram taluk of the four taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district namely Chirayinkeezhu, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad and Thiruvananthapuram.

## Government offices
### Central

* Nemom Post Office
* Thiruvananthapuram South Railway Station (formerly Nemom Railway Station)
* BSNL Telephone Exchange, Nemom
* Office of the Sub Divisional Engineer, BSNL

### State & Panchayath

* Office of the Circle Inspector of Police (Nemom Police Station)
* Government Taluk Hospital, Santhivila, Nemom
* Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Zonal Office, Nemom
* Panchayath Agricultural Office (Krishi Bhavan), Nemom
* Village Office, Nemom
* Sub Registrar's Office, Nemom
* KSEB Section Office, Nemom
* PWD Section Office, Nemom
* Kerala State Handloom Development Corporation, Regional Office & Showroom, Nemom
* Government Ayurveda Dispensary, Nemom

## Educational institutions

* Sree Vidyadhiraja Homoeopathic Medical College
* Sree Vidyadhiraja Pharmacy College
* Victory Boy's Higher Secondary School
* Victory Girl's High School
* Tolstoy Memorial Public School, Santhivila
* New UPS, Santhivila
* Little Flower Convent, Vellayani Jn.
* Government UP School, Nemom
* Swami Vivekananda Mission Central School, Koliakode
* Government HS school Pappanamcode
* St. Antonys School, Karakkamandapam
* Vyasa Vidhyalayam, Nemom

## Places of worship

* Vellayani Devi Temple
* Thaliyadichapuram Sree Mahadeva Temple
* Maha Ganapathy Temple
* Alamvila Nagaraja Temple
* Elappikal Devi Temple
* Thrikkannapuram Sreekrishna Swami Temple
* Nemom Muslim Juma Masjid, Vellayani Jn.
* Assemblies of God Churches
* CSI Church Nemom, Nemom
* Kuruvani Juma Masjid

## Other major establishments

* Merryland Studio, the second film studio in Kerala, which played important roles in the history of Malayalam cinema, was opened in 1951 by veteran director-producer P. Subramaniam.
* Venus Engineering Works & Foundry Ltd., which is a bicycle parts manufacturing division of Metro Exporters, Mumbai.
* Ananthapuram Service Co-operative Bank Nemom
* Swaraj Grandhashala (Library), Nemom
* Nemom Service Co-operative Bank, Vellayani Jn.
* LS Asafoetida company, Nemom