Ponneri

This article is about the town in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India. For the taluk of the same name, see Ponneri taluk.

Ponneri பொன்னேரி
City
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	24,205
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	601204
Telephone code	044
Vehicle registration	TN-18
Sex ratio	970/1000 ♂/♀

Ponneri is a city located at North Chennai in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in Ponneri taluk. The neighbourhood is served by the Ponneri railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Ponneri is selected among 100 cities for Smart city Development.

Moving fast on the road to setting up the proposed Smart City at Ponneri, the Japan International Cooperation Agency has prepared a master plan that envisages development of the urban, manufacturing node near Chennai spread across 22,000 acres of land at a total cost of Rs 32,713 crore.

The proposed city is expected to have a population of four lakhs and a working population of 8.88 lakh by 2025, as per the master plan document. It would be developed in three phases. The first phase will involve 4,448 acres of land available with government agencies while the second phase would involve 2,718 acres of existing port area. The third phase will involve 5,667 acres of land with existing development around coastal regulation zone. Of the total planned area, 9,133 acres of land are yet to be acquired

Banks And ATM

Ponneri has banks and atm with the following.

Bank Name	Public/Private	Bank	ATM Centre
Bank Of India	Public	Yes	Yes
Canara Bank	Public	Yes	Yes
Indian Bank	Public	Yes	Yes
Indian Overseas Bank	Public	Yes	Yes
State Bank Of India	Public	Yes	Yes
City Union Bank	Private	Yes	Yes
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited	Private	Yes	Yes
LD Bank	Public	Yes	No
ANDHRA BANK	Public	Yes	Yes

Geography

Ponneri is located at 13.32°N 80.2°E / 13.32; 80.2. It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Ponneri had a population of 24,205. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50% and with Minjur population, with postal code 601204, considered it could be of 50,000 as ponneri state offices governs most of state implementations on all blocks under ponneri taluk. Neighbouring towns are Minjur and Athipattu with development underway on NCTPS power plant project.ponneri is located from arani river. Ponneri is located 13 km from pattupalli(பட்டுப்பள்ளி) and the pulicat lake from 23 km. Ponneri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Approximately 81% of males and 66% of females are literate. About 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Local Newspaper

• Namadhu Ponneri (Tamil: நமது பொன்னேரி) is a Tamil/English Newspaper, Which is Circulating 10000 issues in Ponneri (Thatchur, Velammal Avenue, Andarkuppam, Muslim Nagar, Sainavaram, Krishnapuram, Mookambigai Nagar, N.G.O Nagar, Ponneri Bazaar, Theradi, Balaji Nagar, Shakthi Nagar, Venbakkam, Thadaperumbakkam, Pon Nagar)

Educational institutions

• Ponneri Boys Govt. Hr. Sec School
• Jaigopal Garodia Govt. Girls School
• Pattupalli Govt Primary School, Pattupalli (பட்டுப்பள்ளி)
• Bharath Matric Hr. Sec School
• St. John's matriculation school
• Velammal matric.Hr.Sec.school
• Best Primary School
• Velammal International Residential School
• TVIS Bodhi Campus
• Velammal Weeklong Boarding
• Velammal Cricket Academy
• St. James Matriculation Hr.sec School
• L.E.F Eden Matric Hr. Sec School
• Adarsh Matric Hr. Sec School
• Velammal Institute of Technology
• Unity matriculation school
• Modern matriculation school
• LNG College of Arts & Science
• SRI Devi College of Arts & Science
• Bharathy Nursery and Primary School
• Vidhya Mandhir Matric.Hr.Sec.School
• Gojan School of Business and Technology, Ponneri
• R.B. Gothi jain college for women
• Dr.V. Genguswamy Naidu Matriculation School, Ponneri.
• Vishwa Nursery and Primary School, Ponneri
• Tamil Nadu open university, Ponneri
• Scope Education Institute, Murugan Koil Street, Near Balaji Cafe, (Opp. Ponneri Telephone Exchange) Ponneri
• Tamil Nadu fisheries university, Ponneri

Transport

Normal buses

Express + Normal buses

Deluxe + Express + Normal buses

AC volvo + Deluxe + Express + Normal buses

Legend: HF- High Frequency Route, NS - Night Service Route, LF - Low Frequency Route

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MTC Routes

Route	Start	End	Via	HF	NS	LF
Pattabiram	Ponneri	Avadi, Ambattur OT, Puzhal, Red Hills, Karanodai, Thachur Koot Road, Andarkuppam, Krishnapuram			x
558	Ponneri	V Nagar	Andarkuppam, Panjetti, Karanodai, Red Hills, Kavangarai, Moolakadai, Vyasarpadi			x
558B	Red Hills	Pazhaverkadu	Padianallur, Karanodai, Ponneri, Kanchivoyal, Thirupalaivanam, Perliyambakkam, Pulicut	x
558C	Ponneri	Koyambedu	Thirumangalam, Lucas, Kolathur, Kavangarai, Red Hills, Karanodai, Thatchur Road Jn			x
558D	Red Hills	Avurivakkam	Kattur Road Jn, Medhur, Ponneri, Thatchur Road Jn, Sholavaram, Padiyanallur			x
558M	Red Hills	Minjur	Padianallur, Sholavaram, Thatchur Road Jn, Andarkuppam, Ponneri, Pulikulam, Nallur			x
558P	Red Hills	Perumbedukuppam	Padianallur, Karanodai, Thatchur Road Jn, Ponneri, Chinnakuvanam, Perumbedu			x
562B	Poonamallee	Ponneri	Karayancahvadi, Avadi, Ambathur OT, Padianallur, Sholavaram, Thatchur Road Jn			x
595A	Thiruvotriyur	Pazhaverkadu	Sathyamoorthy Nagar, Minjur, Ponneri, Kadapakkam, Thathanmanji, Perliyambakkam, Pulicut			x
T43	ponneri	gummudipoondi, Pallipalayam	thatchur, rettambedu, Pattupalli(பட்டுப்பள்ளி சந்திப்புச்சாலை), Seganyam, devambattu
90A	ponneri (OR)கோயம்பேடு	Annamalaicherry]]	Redhills, thatchur, rettambedu, Pattupalli(பட்டுப்பள்ளி சந்திப்புச்சாலை), Seganyam, devambattu	Express

Politics

Ponneri assembly constituency (SC) is part of Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency).