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?Nedumangad Kerala • India
Nedumangad
Coordinates: 8°36′N 77°00′E / 8.6, 77
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 68 m (223 ft)
District(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
Population	56,138 (2001)

Coordinates: 8°36′N 77°00′E / 8.6, 77 Nedumangad is a city and a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the four taluks of Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located around 20 km to the north-east of Thiruvananthapuram city on the Thiruvananthapuram — Thenmala State Highway. It is blessed with rich vegetation and flora and fauna. Nedumangad is an important centre for trade of hill and forest resources like pepper and rubber. Nearby Nedumangad town, is the Koyikkal Palace which is an excellent specimen of the traditional architecture of Kerala.Agasthyarkoodam, famous for its abundant ayurvedic herbs and medicinal plants is around 50 km from Nedumangad. About 32 km from Nedumangad en route to Ponmudi lies the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary which is a big attraction to wildlife enthusiasts and ornithologists.

An agriculture wholesale market set up by the Agriculture Department with the assistance of the European Union is also situated at Nedumangad.

1 Geography
2 Transportation
3 Places of interest
4 Educational Institutions
5 Demographics
6 References

[edit] Geography

Nedumangad is located at 8.6° N 77.0° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 68 metres (223 feet).

Nedumangd lies 18 km from Thiruvananthapuram (or Trivandrum) on the way to Ponmudi hill resort. It is the headquarters of one of the 4 Taluks in Thiruvananthapuram district and is unique with no coastal belt and railway lines.

Georaphical boundaries - west Trivandrum Taluk, east - State of Tamilnadu, south - Neyyattinkara Taluk and north - Kollam district.

[edit] Transportation

Nedumangad is well connected by road to Thiruvananthapuram and rest of the taluk. KSRTC, the state owned transport corporation, is the only player in the field of passenger transportation. Buses are operated from the KSRTC Depot right in the heart of the town.

[edit] Places of interest

Ponmudi (Hill Resort) 40 km from Nedumangad
Koikkal Palace (Numismatics museum) 0.5 km from KSRTC bus Station.
Peppara Dam (Wild Life Sanctuary) 20 km
Meenmutty Falls 30 km from Nedumangad
Happyland(Water Theme Park) 15 km from Nedumangad
Thirichittoor Rock at Venkavila - 3 km from Nedumangad
Arasuparambu Sri Sastha Temple- 2 km from Nedumangad

[edit] Educational Institutions

Government Girls Higher Secondary School - Right in the heart of the town
Government Boys Higher Secondary School - Mancha - 3 km from Town
Government Polytechnic - Mancha
Government Training College - Mancha
Government College - Valicode - 2 km
Darsana English Medium Higher Secondary School - Valicode
Lourdes Mount English Medium Higher Secondary School - Vattappara - 15 km
Mohandas College Of Engineering Technology - Anad - 5 km
P A Azeez College of Engineering, Karakulam
Muslim Association College of Engineering, Venjaramoodu - 16 km
Gokulam Medical College, Venjaramoodu
SUT College of Medicine, Vencode - 10 km
National Training College, Nedumangad - Kollamkavu - 4 km

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India 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%. In Nedumangad, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.