Marra, Goa
Marra, Goa | |
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Marra is a small village in
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sinha gives Swachh town awards to Cuncolim, Bicholim". The Times of India. TNN. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Pilerne-Marra VP charged for refusing to stop construction work on Savlem banks". oHeraldo. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Pilerne citizens to move court over land filling". The Times of India. TNN. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "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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