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About Volvoi Village

Volvoi is a mid sized village in Ponda tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,842, made up of 1,024 males and 818 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Volvoi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Volvoi village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Ponda
Pincode 403401
Area (hectares) 135.14 hectares
Population 1,842
Male Population 1,024
Female Population 818
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Volvoi compares

By the 2011 count Volvoi is the 13th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,826 residents. Its 135.14 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Volvoi

Volvoi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Volvoi 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 Volvoi from other places

Volvoi lies about 7.4 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Karmali, about 9.6 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 Volvoi
District headquarters North Goa 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Karmali 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Ponda 10 km

Villages closest to Volvoi

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 Volvoi

As per the Census of India 2011, Volvoi village had a population of 1,842. That makes it the 13th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,826 residents.

Volvoi village has 1,024 males and 818 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Volvoi has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

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

Volvoi covers 135.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Volvoi is Karmali, about 9.6 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 Volvoi.

Volvoi is about 7.4 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Volvoi is in Ponda tehsil of North Goa district. North Goa is about 7.4 km away. Karmali is about 9.6 km away. Ponda is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Savoi Verem (1.6 km), Betqui (2.9 km) and Vagurbem (3.8 km).

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

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