Codar is a village located in the

Ponda taluka Ponda ''Tehsil, taluka'' is a subdivision of the district of north Goa district, north Goa, in the India, Indian state of Goa. Its administrative headquarters is the township of Ponda, Goa, Ponda. Location Located in central Goa, it hosts many ed ...

(sub-district) of

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. It is alternatively spelt as Kodar. Codar is known for being home to the Goa Government Agricultural Farm.

Area and population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Codar has an area of 975.28

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, square metres (), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. ...

s, a total of 172 households, and a population of 733. The population is composed of 366 males and 367 females, with an under-six years population of 62, consisting of 28 boys and 34 girls.

Location

Codar is located in the eastern part of

. It lies approximately from the sub-district headquarters of Ponda town and approximately away from the district

North Goa North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnatak ...

headquarters of

Panaji Panaji (; , , )also known as Panjim, is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river est ...

or Panjim. Codar is situated to the east of Betora and Ponda town. In the vicinity of Codar, you can find Tisk, Nirancal, Dabal, Siddhanath Hill, and Curti.

Local jurisdiction

Codar is administered by the Betora- Nirancal gram panchayat. It encompasses the areas of Betora, Nirancal, Conxem and Codar. As of 2017, the ''

sarpanch A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...

'' (village council chief) was Sushant Gaonkar, and his deputy sarpanch was Manda Gaude.

References

Villages in North Goa district {{Goa-geo-stub