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Ponnampatti

Village in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2716676 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ponnampatti is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

At the 2001 India census, Ponnampatti had a population of 10,659. Males constituted 49% of the population, while females accounted for 51%. The average literacy rate in Ponnampatti was 65%, which was higher than the national average of 59.5%. The male literacy rate was 75%, and the female literacy rate was 55%. Additionally, 14% of the population in Ponnampatti was under the age of 6.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ponnampatti” as village in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Ponnampatti, Village and Tiruchirappalli can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2716676. Authority coordinates are 10.550, 78.374. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ponnampatti”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ponnampatti primary sources, Ponnampatti archive and Ponnampatti research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ponnampatti”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ponnampatti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.