Marra, Goa

Marra, Goa
village
Marra, Goa is located in Goa
Marra, Goa
Location in Goa, India
Marra, Goa is located in India
Marra, Goa
Marra, Goa (India)
Coordinates: 15°31′53″N 73°49′13″E / 15.53139°N 73.82028°E / 15.53139; 73.82028
Country India
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
TalukaBardez
Government
 • TypePanchayat
Languages
 • OfficialKonkani
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationGA 03
Nearest cityMapusa
Lok Sabha constituencyNorth Goa
Websitegoa.gov.in

Marra is a small village in North Goa's Bardez sub-district or taluka. It falls in the Assembly constituency of Saligao. It is surrounded by the areas of Candolim and Pilerne, among others.

Area, population

According to the 2011 Census, Marra has an area of 326.56 hectares, and a population of 516 households comprising 1,988 persons.[1] Of these 1,029 are male and 959 are female.[1] Children up to six years of age comprise 189 persons in this locality, of whom 99 are male and 90, female.[1]

Clean village

In December 2018, Pilerne-Marra village panchayat won the clean village award for North Goa.[2]

Panchayat

The local panchayat (village authority) in Marra is jointly run with neighbouring Pilerne. It has a presence on Facebook.

Local groups

Local activist groups in the area include the Pilerne Citizens' Forum, which has raised issues of local governance and fairness of decision-making.[3] Given the area's proximity to the fast-urbanising area of Porvorim, many land-related debates have come up in the region.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Census of India, 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. District Census Handbook, North Goa. Village and Town-wise Primary Census Abstracts (PDF). Census of India: Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. p. 102.
  2. ^ "Sinha gives Swachh town awards to Cuncolim, Bicholim". The Times of India. TNN. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Pilerne-Marra VP charged for refusing to stop construction work on Savlem banks". oHeraldo. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Pilerne citizens to move court over land filling". The Times of India. TNN. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Pilerne comunidade clears grant of 16 plots for housing". The Times of India. TNN. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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