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About Cotorem Village

Cotorem is a mid sized village in Satari tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 624, made up of 333 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cotorem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cotorem village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Satari
Pincode 403506
Area (hectares) 533.36 hectares
Population 624
Male Population 333
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Cotorem compares

By the 2011 count Cotorem is the 28th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 533.36 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Cotorem

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

Cotorem lies about 18 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Kulem, about 20 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 Cotorem
Nearest town Ponda 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Satari 18 km
District headquarters North Goa 18 km
Nearest railway station Kulem 20 km

Villages closest to Cotorem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cotorem village had a population of 624. That makes it the 28th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Cotorem village has 333 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cotorem has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Cotorem is 403506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cotorem covers 533.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cotorem falls under Satari tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Cotorem is Kulem, about 20 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 Cotorem.

Cotorem 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.

Cotorem is in Satari tehsil of North Goa district. Ponda is about 16 km away. Satari is about 18 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 Birondem (under 2 km), Damocem (under 2 km) and Sanvorcem (1.9 km).

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

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