Ponneri is a
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
of
Tiruvallur district
Thiruvallur District, also spelled as Tiruvallur District, is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fast developing city of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture ...
of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
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 ...
. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Ponneri.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ponneri had a population of 385,620 with 193,043 males and 192,577 females. There were 998 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 70.81. Child population in the age group below 6 was 19,639 Males and 18,808 Females.
See also
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Devadhanam
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Madhavaram
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Seemapuram
References
Taluks of Tiruvallur district
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