About Ponnakulam Village

Ponnakulam is a mid sized village in Sivaganga tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,235, made up of 627 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630561, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ponnakulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponnakulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Sivaganga
Pincode	630561
Area (hectares)	681.89 hectares
Population	1,235
Male Population	627
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ponnakulam compares

By the 2011 count Ponnakulam is the 75th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents. Its 681.89 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Ponnakulam

Ponnakulam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ponnakulam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ponnakulam from other places

Ponnakulam lies about 4.4 km from Sivaganga. 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 Ponnakulam
Tehsil headquarters	Sivaganga	4.4 km

Villages closest to Ponnakulam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sivaganga 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 Ponnakulam

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponnakulam village had a population of 1,235. That makes it the 75th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents.

Ponnakulam village has 627 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponnakulam has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Ponnakulam is 630561. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ponnakulam covers 681.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ponnakulam falls under Sivaganga tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Ponnakulam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Ponnakulam is about 4.4 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ponnakulam is in Sivaganga tehsil of Sivaganga district. Sivaganga is about 4.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.