Ponakulam
Gandaravakottai block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 613303
· village code 639380
Population 2011
2,487
Census of India
Population 2020
2,330
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-6.3%
-157 people · -0.7% a year
Households
512
+4.1% vs 492 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,487
Male / female
1,217 / 1,270
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,044
Children aged 0–6
208
Literacy rate
75.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
622 / 0
Working population
1,263
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.9%
Households
492
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
57
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
492
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
401 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
133 / 401 / 70
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punalkulam panchayat, Gandarvakottai zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹44.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.90 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.90 lakh · received ₹3.16 lakh · spent ₹11.53 lakh · left ₹12.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.86 lakh · received ₹4.74 lakh · spent ₹19.17 lakh · left ₹9.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.5766, 79.0182 —
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