# Ponolem Village, Bardez, North Goa (Goa) – PIN Code

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Village · Bardez, North Goa 

# Ponolem

Ponolem is a village in Bardez sub-district of North Goa district, Goa, PIN code **403523**. The 2011 Census counted **120 people in 29 households**, the 28th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 91.4%.

- 120people (2011)
- 29households
- 87.0%literacy
- 403523PIN code

## Ponolem PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ponolem is 403523.** Ponolem falls in Bardez sub-district, North Goa district, Goa.

- PIN code403523
- Community development blockBardez
- Census village code626684

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ponolem from nearby towns?

- Mapusa (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Panaji (district HQ)18 km by road
- Mapusa (nearest town)7 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ponolem?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Ponolem; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Aldona Ct
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Aldona Ct
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Mapusa
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Mapusa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ponolem known for?

The main crops are **paddy, chillies and beans**. About 66% of the 92 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ponolem

Of every 100 households in Ponolem in 2011, 84 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 87 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 61 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Ponolem · ■ Bardez rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**15%

Tap water ****55%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**86%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****87%**

**86%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****13%**

**11%

Use banking services ****71%**

**90%

Television ****74%**

**87%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**11%

Two-wheeler ****61%**

**63%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**26%

None of these assets ****10%**

**3%

Own their home ****94%**

**88%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ponolem?

■ Ponolem · ■ Bardez rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**91.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**940

Working population ****39.2%**

**39.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 83.3% for women. 54% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 35 (74%) · **■** Marginal 3 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bardez

- Punola864 people
- Moitem860 people
- Olaulim659 people
- Calvim403 people

[All 28 villages in Bardez](https://wherepedia.org/india/goa/north-goa/bardez/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ponolem?403523
- How far is Ponolem from Panaji?18 km by road
- What is the population of Ponolem?120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ponolem in?North Goa district (Bardez sub-district), Goa
- What is the literacy rate of Ponolem?87.0% (Census 2011)