Ponnai is a Town panchayat which is located in the

Vellore District Vellore District () is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the eleven districts that form the north region of Tamil Nadu. Vellore, Vellore city is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district ha ...

within the state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. Ponnai Panchayat is composed of 18 villages, with Ponnai serving as the head town.

Transport

Nearby towns are linked by rail and air. Frequent buses are available to Vellore, Tiruttani, Arcot,Chittoor and Sholinghur. Buses to Chennai, Bangalore, Tirupathi, Kanchipuram, Tambaram, and Chengalpattu run less frequently. The nearest railway stations are

Chittoor Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division respectively. The city has a popul ...

in Andhra Pradesh, and Vellore Katpadi Junction in Tamil Nadu. The nearest port is in Chennai, and the nearest airports are Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, and Vellore Airport.

Politics

The Katpadi assembly constituency is part of the

Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency) Arakkonam () is a railway town in the Ranipet district, state of Tamil Nadu. Included within the Chennai Metropolitan Area since 2022, Arakkonam is a major suburb of the state capital city Chennai, with a population of 78,395 per the census ...

References

Cities and towns in Vellore district {{Vellore-geo-stub