Ponnapuram
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Ponnapuram | |
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Village | |
| Nickname: Ponnapuram | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tirupur district |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 638657[1] |
Ponnapuram is a village in the Dharapuram taluk within the Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu,[1] India. Agriculture is the main occupation along with vegetable exporting and the generation of power using windmills. The village has a population of approximately 1,500, and is located 16 km west of Dharapuram.
Ponnapuram produces a range of vegetables including onion, chillies, maize, cotton, sunflower, and sugarcane and supplies them to its neighboring taluks. The cultivation of these crops is reliant on irrigation from the Aliyar Reservoir which fills following the annual rainy season.
Education
The literacy rate has gone up significantly in recent years. The local school, which previously offered only primary education, later extended its participation to high school level.
