Local businesses in Ponnur
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Government offices: 4
- Ponnur current office; Ponnur municipal office; Power station; MRO office
- Colleges and universities: 3
- Balaji degree college; Dvc viceka junior college nidubrolu; Sujatha junior and degree college
- Banks: 1
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Hospitals: 10
- Adilakshmi Nursing Home; Sree Orthopaedic Hospital; Krishna Nursing Home - Guntur; Ravi Cardiac and Diabetic Care Center; Chaitanya Orthopaedic Hospital; Evangeline Booth Hospital; Likith Sai Amar Eye And Children Hospital; Varalakshmi Hospital; Srinivasa Nursing Home; American hospital
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)
- Culture and food
- A local legend about Ponnuru tells of two Brahmins, Kasibhatlu and his nephew Nanduri Gunugovindu, who went on pilgrimage to Benares.
- Education
- Zilla Parishad High School is the prominent school in Ponnur, and PBN College offers intermediate and degree courses.
- 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.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.