Punola

Punola
Village
Punola
Location in Goa, India
Punola
Punola (India)
Coordinates: 15°35′N 73°48′E / 15.58°N 73.80°E / 15.58; 73.80
Country India
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialKonkani
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationGA
Websitegoa.gov.in

Punola is a small village or hamlet in the North Goa sub-district or taluka of Bardez. It is near the village panchayat of Ucassaim, and St. Elizabeth's Church lies just outsides its boundaries.

Area and population

Punola has an area of 69.41 hectares, and 199 households.[1] Its population is 864 persons, of whom 445 are male and 419 female.[1] 95 residents are under six years old, 47 boys and 48 girls.[1]

Government

Punola is part of the Ucassaim-Paliem-Punola village panchayat.[2]

Village classification

Some call Punola a ward (or vaddo) of Ucassaim[3] but for census purposes, it is treated as a separate village.

References

  1. ^ a b c Census of India, 2011 Goa: Series 31, Part XIIB: District Census Handbook, North Goa. Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstracts. Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. p. 102.
  2. ^ "Ministers control panchayats in Bardez | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ Isidore Domnick Mendis (30 August 2017). "Village of priests, learned people & doctors | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2020.