Marra, Goa

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Marra, Goa
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Marra, Goa (India)
Coordinates: 15°31′53″N73°49′13″E / 15.53139°N 73.82028°E / 15.53139; 73.82028
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Goa
District North Goa
Taluka Bardez
Government
 • TypePanchayat
Languages
 • Official Konkani
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration GA 03
Nearest city Mapusa
Lok Sabha constituency North Goa
Website goa.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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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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