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About Virnora Village

Virnora is a mid sized village in Pernem tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,386, made up of 685 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 389.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Virnora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Virnora village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Pernem
Pincode 403512
Area (hectares) 389.04 hectares
Population 1,386
Male Population 685
Female Population 701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Virnora compares

By the 2011 count Virnora is the 13th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 389.04 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Virnora

Virnora is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Virnora as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Virnora from other places

Virnora lies about 24 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Pernem, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Virnora
Nearest railway station Pernem under 2 km
Nearest town Mapusa 13 km
District headquarters North Goa 24 km

Villages closest to Virnora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pernem tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Virnora

As per the Census of India 2011, Virnora village had a population of 1,386. That makes it the 13th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Virnora village has 685 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Virnora has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Virnora is 403512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Virnora covers 389.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Virnora falls under Pernem tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Virnora is Pernem, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Virnora.

Virnora is about 24 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Virnora is in Pernem tehsil of North Goa district. Pernem is about under 2 km away. Mapusa is about 13 km away. North Goa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Varconda (2.8 km), Pernem (3.1 km) and Poroscodem (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Virnora today is likely to be higher.

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