Coordinates: 8°36′12″N 77°00′10″E / 8.60333°N 77.00278°E
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| Country |  India |
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| State | Kerala | ||
| District(s) | Thiruvananthapuram | ||
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56,138 (2001[update]) • {{convert/numdisp/fracExpression error: Unexpected < operator|Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","|Expression error: Unexpected < operator|Expression error: Unexpected < operator|Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","}} /km2 ({{rnd/bExpression error: Unexpected < operator|Expression error: Unexpected < operator|0|0}} /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) | ||
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[[1_E+km2_m²| km²]] (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "�" sq mi) • 68 m (223 ft) |
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Coordinates: 8°36′12″N 77°00′10″E / 8.60333°N 77.00278°ENedumangad is a city and a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of four taluks in the district. 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.[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 Tamilnadu, on the south by Neyyattinkara Taluk and on the north by Kollam district. ==Transportation==Nedumangad is well connected by road to Thiruvananthapuram and the rest of the taluk. KSRTC, the state owned transport corporation, has a monopoly on bus service, with a major depot in the central city. ==Electricity==Nedumangad has very good electrical distribution network.A 110kV substation is situated in Nedumangad.A Section Office is situated at Mancha with Phone no-2802429 .Complaints can be registered in this Office.Recently this section has been converted to a model one. == Places of Interest ==Nearby Nedumangad is the Koyikkal Palace, an excellent specimen of the traditional architecture of Kerala, which houses a numismatic musuem. 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.Other Places Nearby* Meenmutty Falls (30 km)* Pangode, a scenic mountain village* Happyland (Water Theme Park) (15 km)* Thirichittoor Rock at Venkavila - (3 km)* Arasuparambu Sri Sastha Temple- (2 km)* Bhoothathan Koil, Kollamcavu - (2 km) == Educational Institutions in the Vicinty ==* Government Girls Higher Secondary School - In the central district of town* Government Boys Higher Secondary School - Mancha - (3 km)* Government Polytechnic - Mancha* Government Training College - Mancha* Government College - Valicode - (2 km)* Darsana English Medium Higher Secondary School - Valicode* Kairali Vidya Bhavan-CBSE affiliated higher secondary school- Nettarachira - (2km) * Lourdes Mount English Medium Higher Secondary School - Vattappara - (15 km)* Mohandas College of Engineering Technology - Anad - (5 km)* Sree Uthradom Thirunal College of Medicine, Vencode - (10 km)* National Training College, - Kollamkavu - (4 km)* Government Higher Secondary School, - Poovathoor - (6 km)* BC Viyarajan Memorial Public School, - Pazhakutty - (2km)* Demographics ==As of the 2001 Indian census,[2] Nedumangad had a population of 56,138. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Nedumangad has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 77%. Eleven percent of the population is under 6 years of age.
==Politics==Nedumangad assembly constituency is part of the Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]== References ==
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Nedumangad
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
- ^ "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 on 2008-10-21.
==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
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