| Official Name: | Ponikva pri Žalcu |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Žalec |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.31 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 339 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.3137°N 15.1357°W |
| Elevation M: | 418.5 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Ponikva pri Žalcu (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpoːnikʋa pɾi ˈʒaːu̯tsu/) is a village in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the Ložnica Hills (Slovenian: Ložniško gričevje) northwest of Žalec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The settlement of Ponikva pri Žalcu was created in 1953, when the formerly separate villages of Spodnja Ponikva and Zgornja Ponikva were merged into a single settlement.[3]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Pancras (Slovenian: sveti Pankracij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was a 16th-century building that was rebuilt in 1925.[4]