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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.

Marra, Goa
village
Location in Goa, India Show map of Goa Marra, Goa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 15°31′53″N 73°49′13″E
Country	India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Taluka	Bardez
Government
• Type	Panchayat
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

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

External links

• Pilerne village panchayat Facebook page

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