Nedumkandam - Important Phone Numbers

STD CODE - 0486 , PINCODE - 685 553

Hospitals

1. Karuna Hospital                     8232035
2. Medical Trust Hospital           8232056, 57
3. Taluk Hospital                        8232550

Banks
1. Federal Bank                                                   8232020
2. State Bank of Travancore                                8232042
3. Union Bank of India                                         8232117
4. Idukki Dist .Co-operative Bank                        8232084
5. Malanad Agricultural Devlopement Bank           8232024
6. Nedumkandam Service Co-operative Bank       8232034

Schools
1. Govt VHSC                                               8232094
2. S.D.A.English Medium High School            8232121
3. St.Sebastian's High School                          8232295
4. Holly Cross (C.B.S.E) Syllabus                   8232482

Colleges

1. M.E.S. College (M.G. University)                 8232043
2. Co-operative College(Private)                       8232206


Hostels
1. Green Valley ( For Men)                             8233660
2. Vimalambika (For Ladies)                          8233350

Other Offices

1. L.I.C.of India                                   8232069      
2. I.C.R.I (Myladumpara)                    8232150 ( Indian Cardamom Research Center)
3. Asst. Educational Officer                  8232283
4. Asst. Engineer P.W.D                      8232051
5. Post Office                                       8232030
6. Police Station                                   8232045
7. Electricity Board                               8232332
8. Taluk Office                                     8232050
9. Panchayat Office                              8232038
10.Sub Treasury                                  8232058
11.Block Panchayat Office                  8232060
12. Fire Force                                     8272300(Kattappana)
13. Cardamom Board Field Officer     8232089
14. Taluk Supply Officer                     8232047
15. Dir. Micro Wave Station               8232300

Tourists Home

1. Athira Tourist Home                      8232469

2. Chola Tourist Home                      8232027

3. Hilda Hotel                                    8232055,8232155  

Share Market

1. Partek (B.S.E,C.S.E,N.S.E,N.Pol)    8232300

Other Informations

1. Panchayat President                                   8232058(O)
2. Block Panchayat President                         8232060
3. Udumbanchola -MLA                                              
4. Idukki- M.P                                              (011) 3793253 (O)
5. Zilla Panchayat - Idukki                             233069(O) President, 232247(O) Secretary
6. District Collector                                       233202(O)
7. R.T.O. office Idukki                                  232244(O)
8. R.D.O. Devicolam                                    564222(O)

Nedumkandam

A longish town extending along the 2 km stretch of road somewhat midway between Thekkady and Munnar. A town with a history of less than four decades. It is a testimony to the high rate of migration from the low lands of Kerala in this time span. Where elephants roamed until the early sixties there are now computer training centres,Internet Cafe & a spate of Government offices littered among the business centres. Pepper and cardamom are the mainstays of the economy. Pepper cultivation is predominantly a Malayalee activity.
Holdings are small, generally ranging from 10 cents to 5 acres and a couple of cows for a family are a rule. In the dawn hours, riders with pails of milk can be seen descending to the town from their boards in the hills around Nedumkandam. The milk, collected by societies and carted off to Kochi, Kottayam etc has sustained many a family in the lean years after their pepper vines were decimated by the wilt disease.


Cardamom farms are larger and about half of the owners are Tamilians whose parents ascended the ghats from Cumbam, Bodinaikanur areas of Tamil Nadu to cultivate the forest soils of the Cardamom Hill Reserve areas.

Distances -By Road (From Nedumkandam)

Kottayam              115

Kumily                   44

Ernakulam             180

Trivandrum            232

Munnar                  62

Cumbum                31

Madurai                144

Idukki Dam           48

Ramakalmedu       13

Thodupuzha          114

Tourists Centers Near By Nedumkandam

1. Kailasappara

2. Thooval Water Falls

3. Ramakalmedu (Panoramic View13 Km Tamilnadu)

4. Observatory Hill (Can watch Stars clearly in the night)

5. Kallumel Kallu Mountains,Panoramic View)