Wikipedia / Nemom
Wikipedia / 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
Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies
Nemom is part of Nemom Assembly constituency and Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary constituency. After the 2024 Indian general election, Shashi Tharoor, MP of Indian National Congress represents Thiruvananthapuram in Lok Sabha. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MLA of Bharatiya Janata Party is representing Nemom Assembly constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly after 2026 assembly election. He is also the state president of BJP Kerala. A prominent voice in India's digital and economic policy, he is a former Union Minister, having served as the Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
City corporation
Nemom consists of 2 wards of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The 54th ward is named Nemom, and the 55th is named Ponnumangalam. After the 2025 Kerala local elections, Sridevi S K of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the present councilor of the Ponnumangalam Corporation Division. Senior BJP leader M.R. Gopan is the councilor of Nemom Corporation Division. M.R. Gopan is the previous Leader of the Opposition in the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation during 2020-25 period.
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 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
Thaliyadichapuram Sree Mahadeva Temple
Maha Ganapathy Temple
Alamvila Nagaraja Temple
Elappikal Devi Temple
Thrikkannapuram Sreekrishna Swami Temple
Nemom Muslim Juma Masjid, Vellayani Jn.
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