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Nemom | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
| Coordinates: 8°27′28.42″N 76°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. There is a public market at Pravachambalam, about one kilometre away from Nemom.[citation needed] Vellayani Devi Temple is located in Nemom.
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.
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.
Nemom village comes under Thiruvananthapuram taluk of the four taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district namely Chirayinkeezhu, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad and Thiruvananthapuram.