Nedumangad

Nedumangad
—  town  —
Nedumangad Location of Nedumangad in Kerala and India
Coordinates	8°36′12″N 77°00′10″E / 8.60333°N 77.00278°E / 8.60333; 77.00278Coordinates: 8°36′12″N 77°00′10″E / 8.60333°N 77.00278°E / 8.60333; 77.00278
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
Population	56,138 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 68 metres (223 ft)

Nedumangad is a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located around 20 km to the north-east of Thiruvananthapuram city on the Thiruvananthapuram — Thenmala State Highway. It is an important centre for the commercial trade in pepper and rubber. A wholesale market set up by the Department of Agriculture (with the assistance of the European Union) is also situated there.

Geography

Nedumangad is located at 8°36′N 77°00′E / 8.6°N 77.0°E / 8.6; 77.0.^[1] It has an average elevation of 68 metres (223 feet).

It lies 18 km from Thiruvananthapuram (or Trivandrum) on the way to Ponmudi hill resort. It is the capital of the taluk, and is unique for having no coastal belt or railway lines.^{[clarification needed]}

It is bounded on the west by Trivandrum Taluk, on the east by the State of Tamil Nadu, on the south by Neyyattinkara Taluk and on the north by Kollam District.

Places of interest

Agasthyarkoodam, a mountain preserve famous for its abundant ayurvedic herbs and medicinal plants is around 50 km away. About 32 km from Nedumangad, en route to the Ponmudi Hill Resort lies the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, which is of particular interest to ornithologists. Near Neduamngad town another Monolithic - Thiruchittapara is located. With Siva Vishnu Temple, lots of monkeys congregated this place.

Other Places Nearby

• Ponmudi (45 km)
• Meenmutty Falls  (30 km)
• Happyland (Water Theme Park) (15 km)
• Thirichittoor Rock at Venkavila - (3 km)
• Arasuparambu Sri Sastha Temple- (2 km)
• Bhoothathan Koil, Kollamcavu - (2 km)
• Karimbikavu Sree Dharmasastha Temple - (2.7 km)
• Koyikkal Palace and Museum - (400 metres)

Politics

Nedumangad assembly constituency is part of the Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Nedumangad
2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 

Nedumangad itself is a Kerala Legislative assembly constituency and is currently won by Ruling party(UDF)Mr.Palode Ravi.

External links

• Koyikkal Palace
• Happyland (Water Theme Park)
• Lourdes Mount English Medium Higher Secondary School
• Mohandas College Of Engineering Technology
• P. A. Aziz College of Engineering
• Muslim Association College of Engineering
• Gokulam Medical College
• SUT College of Medicine
• National Training College