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Punola

Coordinates: 15°35′N 73°48′E / 15.58°N 73.80°E / 15.58; 73.80
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Punola
Village
Punola is located in Goa
Punola
Punola
Location in Goa, India
Punola is located in India
Punola
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

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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]

Jurisdiction

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

Village classification

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

Ucassaim

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Ucassaim, according to an August 2017 write-up, is said to comprise village wards such as St Anthony Vaddo, Bela Flor, Souza Vaddo, Couto Vaddo, Dhumpem, Paliem 1, Paliem 2, Punola, Pelovaddo and Lourdes Vaddo.

References

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  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.