Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Goa#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Goa, India |
Coordinates: | 15.5314°N 73.8203°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Goa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Goa |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
Subdivision Name3: | Bardez |
Government Type: | Panchayat |
Leader Title: | Sarpanch |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Konkani |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Registration Plate: | GA 03 |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Mapusa |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | North Goa |
Marra is a small village in North Goa's Bardez sub-districtor taluka. It falls in the Assembly constituency of Saligao. It issurrounded by the areas of Candolim and Pilerne, among others.
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. Children up to six years of age comprise 189 persons in this locality, of whom 99 are male and 90, female.
In December 2018, Pilerne-Marra village panchayat won the clean village award for North Goa.[2]
The local panchayat (village authority) in Marra is jointly run with neighbouring Pilerne. It has a presence on Facebook.
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]