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Ponmanai

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Ponmanai is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Snehalatha arts club, one of the oldest of club in Kanyakumari ( started in 1975 ) named after Actress Snehalatha reddy is still doing many social services. Gramasabha is also an old organization. Writer and Social Activist Ponmanai Valsakumar born at this place.

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Place details

Locality
Ponmanai
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
15,554

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Ponmanai
Settlement.settlement_type
panchayat town
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kanniyakumari
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
13553
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Tamil
Settlement.timezone1
IST
Settlement.utc_offset1
+5:30

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Area
17.21
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Ponmanai.jpg
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postal code
629161
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Demographics
  • References

Ponmanai is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Snehalatha arts club, one of the oldest of club in Kanyakumari ( started in 1975 ) named after Actress Snehalatha reddy is still doing many social services. Gramasabha is also an old organization. Writer and Social Activist Ponmanai Valsakumar born at this place.

==Demographics== India census, Ponmanai had a population of 13,553. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Ponmanai has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 74%. In Ponmanai, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Thimbileshwarar Temple(5th shivalaya),a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is located here, Chaakku swami temple (ponmanai to valiyatumugam road ) (5th to 6th shivalaya route)also located here.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ponmanai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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