About Ponnappur Village

Ponnappur is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,730, made up of 793 males and 937 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614890, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ponnappur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponnappur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614890
Area (hectares)	537.16 hectares
Population	1,730
Male Population	793
Female Population	937
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ponnappur compares

By the 2011 count Ponnappur is the 62nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 537.16 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Ponnappur

Ponnappur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ponnappur 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 Ponnappur from other places

Ponnappur lies about 17 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Kudikadu, about 10 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 Ponnappur
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kudikadu	10 km
Nearest town	Nānjikkottai	13 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	17 km

Villages closest to Ponnappur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponnappur village had a population of 1,730. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Ponnappur village has 793 males and 937 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponnappur has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Ponnappur is 614890. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ponnappur covers 537.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ponnappur falls under Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Ponnappur is Kudikadu, about 10 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 Ponnappur.

Ponnappur is about 17 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ponnappur is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 6.8 km away. Kudikadu is about 10 km away. Nānjikkottai is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.