Local businesses in Ponnur
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 2
- Baji Sea Foods; Sri Rameswara Canteen
- Clinics: 6
- LV Prasad Eye Institute; Jai Lakshmi Nursing Home; Kalyani Nursing Home; Sri Anjana Skin Care Clinic & Enti Specialist; Srilakshmi Nursing Home; Piles Clinic
Ponnur facts
- District
- Guntur district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 59,913 (57,640 in 2001)
- Area
- about 25.64 sq km, about 7 m above sea level
- People
- 1032 females per 1,000 males; 78.33% literacy
- PIN codes
- 522124 (Ponnur Bazar)
- Local economy
- Ponnur is an important town for the nearby villages, whose economy is mostly agricultural, with paddy as the main crop alongside groundnut, cotton and betel. Brickworks, furniture making, handloom weaving and khadi yarn spinning are other occupations.
- Culture and food
- A local legend about Ponnuru tells of two Brahmins, Kasibhatlu and his nephew Nanduri Gunugovindu, who went on pilgrimage to Benares.
- Getting there
- State Highway 48, the Guntur–Bapatla–Chirala road, passes through the town.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.