Nedumudi

Nedumudi
village
Nedumudi

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 9°26′34″N 76°24′14″E / 9.442871°N 76.40399°E / 9.442871; 76.40399Coordinates: 9°26′34″N 76°24′14″E / 9.442871°N 76.40399°E / 9.442871; 76.40399
Country  India
State Kerala
District Alappuzha
Elevation .75 m (2.46 ft)
Population (2001)
  Total 15,428
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 688508
Telephone code 0477
Nearest city Alappuzha
Sex ratio 1065/1000 /
Literacy 100%
Lok Sabha constituency Ambalappuzha
Vidhan Sabha constituency Mavelikkara

Nedumudi is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] It is the birthplace of malayalam actor Nedumudi Venu.Nedumudi sits in the banks of river Pampa. It is the First village in Kerala to attain 100% Literacy.

Climate

Nedumudi is part of lower Kuttanadu. It experience moderate climate,though in Autumn the pampa river overflows and creates trouble, this flooding makes the soil rich and useful for Agriculture, the main Economical source in Nedumudi. But in 2010 due to the unexpected climate change the chance of an other agricultural season is getting impossible. The main celebration in the village is the annual festival of the Sree bhagavathy temple, kottaram. It is situated in the Attuvathala. The festival is conducted by the four karas (sub divisions) of the nedumudi and the temple devaswom. Earlier the Thottuvathala karayagom has a snake boat Parthasarathy. This snake boat won NehruTrophy. Now it is owned by others

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Nedumudi had a population of 15428 with 7525 males and 7903 females.[1] THE NEDUMUDI village is again divided into 4 sector by their positional differences namely,
1) ATTUVATHALA
2) THOTTUVATHALA
3) THEKEMURRI
4) PONGA

References

  1. 1 2 "Census of India:Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-10. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)


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