By population, Poonachi ranks #20 of 30 villages in Anthiyur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Poonachi is a village of 3,224 people in 827 households (Census 2011) in Anthiyur taluk, Erode district, Tamil Nadu, the 20th-largest of 30 villages in Anthiyur taluk. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the taluk average of 54% and the sex ratio is 871 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Erode district centre, 8 km from Anthiyur, the nearest town, 27 km from Anangur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 638314, served by Olagadam post office; the LGD village code is 634872. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Guruvareddyur, 7 km away. The village votes in Edappadi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Edappadi Palaniswami. K. The population is estimated at 3,801 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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