Ponnagaram, Madurai | |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Tamil Nadu |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Ponnagaram, Madurai (Tamil Nadu) |
Coordinates: | 9.9298°N 78.1101°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Madurai district |
Established Title: | |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 161 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil language, English language |
Demographics1 Title2: | Speech |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 625016 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone Code |
Area Code: | +91452xxxxxxx |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Madurai, Arappalayam, Koodal Nagar, Vilangudi, Thathaneri, Arasaradi, Kalavasal, S. S. Colony, Simmakkal, South Gate and Yanaikkal |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Corporation |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Madurai Municipal Corporation |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | District Collector |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Dr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S. |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | LS |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Madurai Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank5 Name Sec1: | VS |
Blank5 Info Sec1: | Madurai West Assembly constituency |
Blank6 Name Sec1: | MP |
Blank6 Info Sec1: | S. Venkatesan |
Blank7 Name Sec1: | MLA |
Blank7 Info Sec1: | Sellur K. Raju |
Website: | https://madurai.nic.in |
Ponnagaram is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. Former CPM MLA late N. Nanmaran was born in Ponnagaram.[1] Vikaasa group of schools has a branch viz., Vikaasa School at Ponnagaram.[2]
Ponnagaram is located at an altitude of about 161 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9.9298°N 78.1101°W (i.e., 9°55'47.3"N, 78°06'36.4"E).[3]
Ponnagaram area falls under the Madurai Central Assembly constituency.[4] The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan.[5] Also, this area belongs to Madurai Lok Sabha constituency. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is S. Venkatesan.[6]