# Ponganthurai Village, Dharapuram, Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Dharapuram, Tiruppur 

# Ponganthurai

Ponganthurai is a village in Dharapuram sub-district of Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **638706**. The 2011 Census counted **1,386 people in 445 households**, the 48th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.4%.

- 1,386people (2011)
- 445households
- 62.0%literacy
- 638706PIN code

## Ponganthurai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ponganthurai is 638706.** Ponganthurai falls in Dharapuram sub-district, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code638706
- Gram panchayatPunganthurai
- Community development blockKundadam
- Census village code644639

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ponganthurai from nearby towns?

- Dharapuram (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Tiruppur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Rudravathi (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ponganthurai?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Ponganthurai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sankarandampalayam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nanjiyampalayam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nanjiyampalayam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ponganthurai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, coconut and maize**. Products made here include bricks. About 23% of the 1,924 hectares of village land is sown, and 194 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ponganthurai

Of every 100 households in Ponganthurai in 2011, 87 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 44 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 63 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Ponganthurai · ■ Dharapuram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**68%

Tap water ****48%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****44%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**49%

Use banking services ****56%**

**56%

Television ****92%**

**87%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****63%**

**48%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**5%

Own their home ****95%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ponganthurai?

■ Ponganthurai · ■ Dharapuram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**66.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**930

Working population ****69.3%**

**63.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 52.8% for women. 73% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 349 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 370 (39%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 174 (18%) · **■** Marginal 59 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dharapuram

- Senathypathypalayam1,678 people
- Thattaravaluvu1,650 people
- Jothiampatti1,456 people
- Navanari1,432 people
- Muthiampatti1,332 people
- Punjaithalaiyur1,326 people
- Kannankoil1,291 people
- Nathampalayam1,252 people

[All 62 villages in Dharapuram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruppur/dharapuram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ponganthurai?638706
- How far is Ponganthurai from Tiruppur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Ponganthurai?1,386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ponganthurai in?Tiruppur district (Dharapuram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Ponganthurai?62.0% (Census 2011)