Ponneri

Ponneri

— city —

Ponneri

Location of Ponneri
in Tamil Nadu and India

Coordinates

Country

India

State

Tamil Nadu

District(s)

Thiruvallur

Population

24,205 (2001)

Sex ratio

970/1000 ♂/♀

Time zone

IST (UTC+05:30)

Area

• Elevation

• 10 metres (33 ft)

Codes

• Pincode • 601204

• Telephone • +044

• Vehicle • TN 20

Ponneri is a town, north of Chennai in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Travelling Facilities
5 Churches
6 Temples
7 Politics
8 References

Geography

Ponneri is located at ^[1]. It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Ponneri had a population of 24,205. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50% and with Minjur population,with postal code 601203,considered it could be of 50,000 as ponneri state offices governs most of state implementations on all blocks under ponneri taluk.Next big town is Minjur and Athipattu with development underway on NCTPS power plant project.Ponneri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. APproximately 81% of males are literate, and 66% of females are literate. In Ponneri, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

St. John's matriculation school.
Velammal matric.Hr.Sec.school
Velammal International Residential School
Ponneri Boys Govt. Hr. Sec School,
Jaigopal Garodia Govt. Girls School
St. James Matriculation Hr.sec School
Bharath Matric Hr. Sec School
L.E.F Eden Matric Hr. Sec School
Adarsh Matric Hr. Sec School
Velammal Institute of Technology
unity matriculation school
Mordern matriculation school
LNG College of Arts & Science
SRI Devi College of Arts & Science

Travelling Facilities

Ponneri is well connected to Chennai by rail and road. It is a one and half hour trip from Chennai Central via train and two hour trip from ponneri to broadway via bus.

Churches

Assemblies of God
C.S.I
Penta coastal mission
A.C.A
St.James church

Temples

Agatheeswarar Temple
Karikrishna Perumal Temple.
Thirupalaivanam Sivan Temple. (10 km from Ponneri)
Andar Kuppam Balasubramaniaswamy Temple. (4 km from Ponneri)
Perumpedu Murugan Temple. (10 km from Ponneri)
Devadanam SriRanganathar Temple (Vada Srirangam) (10 km from Ponneri)
Ponni amman Temple in Thiruvenkadapuram (3 km)
Nutrieitu eswarar Temple
Sivan temple
Karumari amman temple(sri krishnamari amman temple)
Nelluraman Temple(2 km from ponneri)
Sri Kariasikthi Ganapathy (8 kms from Ponneri)- located in National highways- panchetti - 2kms inner
Sri Anandavalli Ambikai Udanurai Sri Thiruvalishvarar Temple - Panchetti.

Politics

Ponneri assembly constituency (SC) is part of Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ponneri
^ "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 2008-11-01.
^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-08.

Ponneri
Next station southbound: Anuppampattu	North Line, Chennai Suburban		Next station northbound: Kavaraipettai
Next station southbound: Anuppampattu	Stop number: 15	KM from start: 34.73	Next station northbound: Kavaraipettai

These are the stations of North Line of Chennai Suburban Railway

Chennai Central MMC · Basin Bridge · Korukkupet · Tondiarpet · V.O.C. Nagar · Tiruvottiyur · Wimco Nagar · Kattivakkam · Ennore · Athipattu Pudunagar · Athipattu · Nandiambakkam · Minjur · Anuppampattu · Ponneri · Kavaraipettai · Gummidipundi · Elavur · Arambakkam · Tada · Akkampet · Sullurpeta · Polireddipalem · Doravarichatram · Nayudupeta · Pedapariya · Odur, Andhra Pradesh · Gudur · Nellore · Bitragunta