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About Codar Village

Codar is a mid sized village in Ponda tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 733, made up of 366 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 975.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Codar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Codar village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Ponda
Pincode 403401
Area (hectares) 975.28 hectares
Population 733
Male Population 366
Female Population 367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Codar compares

By the 2011 count Codar is the 18th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,826 residents. Its 975.28 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Codar

Codar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Codar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Codar from other places

Codar lies about 18 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Chandar Goa, about 15 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 Codar
Tehsil headquarters Ponda 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Chandar Goa 15 km
District headquarters North Goa 18 km

Villages closest to Codar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ponda 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 Codar

As per the Census of India 2011, Codar village had a population of 733. That makes it the 18th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,826 residents.

Codar village has 366 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Codar has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Codar is 403401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Codar covers 975.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Codar falls under Ponda tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Codar is Chandar Goa, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Codar is about 18 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Codar is in Ponda tehsil of North Goa district. Ponda is about 3.8 km away. Chandar Goa is about 15 km away. North Goa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Betora (3.0 km), Candepar (3.1 km) and Curti (4.0 km).

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

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