About Ponthampuli Village

Ponthampuli is a mid sized village in Kamuthi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 669, made up of 300 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,230 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ponthampuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponthampuli village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Kamuthi
Pincode	623115
Area (hectares)	917.11 hectares
Population	669
Male Population	300
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,230
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ponthampuli compares

By the 2011 count Ponthampuli is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents. Its 917.11 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Ponthampuli

Ponthampuli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ponthampuli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ponthampuli from other places

Ponthampuli lies about 38 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 26 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ponthampuli
Tehsil headquarters	Kamuthi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	26 km
Nearest town	Paramagudi	27 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	38 km

Villages closest to Ponthampuli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kamuthi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Ponthampuli

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponthampuli village had a population of 669. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents.

Ponthampuli village has 300 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponthampuli has about 1230 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Ponthampuli is 623115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ponthampuli covers 917.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ponthampuli falls under Kamuthi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Ponthampuli is Sattirakkudi, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ponthampuli.

Ponthampuli is about 38 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ponthampuli is in Kamuthi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Kamuthi is about 15 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 26 km away. Paramagudi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.