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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Ponnagaram, Madurai
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|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Koodal Nagar, Madurai|Koodal Nagar]], [[Vilangudi, Madurai|Vilangudi]], [[Thathaneri]], Arasaradi, [[Kalavasal]], [[S. S. Colony]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]] and [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]]
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|blank2_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Municipal Corporation]]
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|blank3_info_sec1 = Dr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S.
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|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]
|blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha|VS]]
|blank5_info_sec1 = [[Madurai West Assembly constituency]]
|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of parliament|MP]]
|blank6_info_sec1 = [[S. Venkatesan]]
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'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Two-time CPM MLA Nanmaran passes away in Madurai at 74 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/oct/29/two-time-cpm-mla-nanmaran-passes-away-in-madurai-at-74-2377086.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Vikaasa group of schools has a branch viz., Vikaasa School at Ponnagaram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools in Madurai |url=https://www.vikaasa.edu.in/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=en}}</ref>

Ponnagaram is located at an altitude of about 161 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9.929800|N|78.110100|E}} (i.e., 9°55'47.3"N, 78°06'36.4"E).<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoHack – Ponnagaram, Madurai |url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ponnagaram,_Madurai&params=9.929800_N_78.110100_E_type:city_region:IN |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=geohack.toolforge.org}}</ref>

Ponnagaram area falls under the [[Madurai Central Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் – வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/todays-paper/regional01/647019-.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref> The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is [[Palanivel Thiagarajan|P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan]]. 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]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai]]

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