# Ponocem Village, Satari, North Goa (Goa) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Satari, North Goa 

# Ponocem

Ponocem is a village in Satari sub-district of North Goa district, Goa, PIN code **403506**. The 2011 Census counted **496 people in 110 households**, the 34th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 496people (2011)
- 110households
- 84.7%literacy
- 403506PIN code

## Ponocem PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ponocem is 403506.** Ponocem falls in Satari sub-district, North Goa district, Goa.

- PIN code403506
- Community development blockSatari
- Census village code626826

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

## How far is Ponocem from nearby towns?

- Valpoi (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Panaji (district HQ)48 km by road
- Valpoi (nearest town)12 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 Ponocem?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Ponocem; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sanquelim
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sanquelim
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Onda C T
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated 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 Ponocem known for?

The main crops are **cashew nuts, arecanuts and paddy**. Products made here include carpentry and painting. About 49% of the 299 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Ponocem

Of every 100 households in Ponocem in 2011, 95 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 52 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 20 a car.

■ Ponocem · ■ Satari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****52%**

**34%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**64%

Use banking services ****49%**

**82%

Television ****58%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**38%

Car / jeep / van ****20%**

**9%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

Own their home ****93%**

**93%

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 Ponocem?

■ Ponocem · ■ Satari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1120**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**891

Working population ****32.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 79.2% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (45%) · **■** Marginal 80 (50%)

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 Satari

- Damocem596 people
- Nagargao549 people
- Cumarconda525 people
- Dabem498 people
- Sanvorcem495 people
- Guleli490 people
- Naguem479 people
- Birondem476 people

[All 77 villages in Satari](https://wherepedia.org/india/goa/north-goa/satari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ponocem?403506
- How far is Ponocem from Panaji?48 km by road
- What is the population of Ponocem?496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ponocem in?North Goa district (Satari sub-district), Goa
- What is the literacy rate of Ponocem?84.7% (Census 2011)
