Pappanamcode is a town bordering Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

, the capital of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Geography

Located enroute to Nagecoil from Trivandrum, it is approximately 5 km from Thampanoor Railway station or Bus station. There is a KSRTC bus depot as well as the KSRTC Mechanical Engineers Central Work Shop. Other offices include BSNL, KSFE, SCT Engineering College, NIIST etc. All buses to Kaliyikkavila, Neyyattinkara, Madurai, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari etc. passes this way.
It is located at 8°28′11"N 76°58′57"E.

Location

Pappanamcode is on National Highway 47 between Thiruvananthapuram and Balaramapuram

Balaramapuram

Balaramapuram is a village in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India. It is considered as the second market hub of Thiruvananthapuram, the first being Chalai market in Thiruvananthapuram city....

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It is 5 km away from Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station

Trivandrum Central

Trivandrum Central is the main railway station in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the largest and busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of passenger movement and the second most important rail hub in South India. It is also the most profitable station...

 and KSRTC

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is the state-run bus company in Kerala, India. It is one of the oldest state run public bus transport services in India.-History:...

 central bus depot (Thampanoor

Thampanoor

Thampanoor is a major commercial area of the Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala state, South India. The major railway station of the state, Trivandrum Central, Railway Mail Service , Central Bus Station, the head office of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and many movie theatres and...

). Distance from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is roughly 15 km .

Prominent Institutions

• Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering
• Regional Research Laboratory
  Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram
  The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology is a constituent laboratory of CSIR, India, engaged in research and development activities in the field of agroprocessing, chemical sciences, materials and minerals, biotechnology and process engineering and environmental science...
  
  (CSIR)
• National Institute of TV and Video Engineering