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About Naroa Village

Naroa is a small village in Tiswadi tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 239 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naroa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naroa village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Tiswadi
Pincode 403403
Area (hectares) 100.27 hectares
Population 487
Male Population 239
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Naroa compares

By the 2011 count Naroa is the 17th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,707 residents. Its 100.27 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Naroa

Naroa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Naroa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Naroa from other places

Naroa lies about 6.6 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Karmali, about 4.6 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 Naroa
Nearest railway station Karmali 4.6 km
District headquarters North Goa 6.6 km
Nearest town Panjim 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Tiswadi 13 km

Villages closest to Naroa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naroa village had a population of 487. That makes it the 17th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,707 residents.

Naroa village has 239 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naroa has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Naroa is 403403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naroa covers 100.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naroa falls under Tiswadi tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Naroa is Karmali, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Naroa.

Naroa is about 6.6 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naroa is in Tiswadi tehsil of North Goa district. Karmali is about 4.6 km away. North Goa is about 6.6 km away. Panjim is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malar (under 2 km), Capao (2.1 km) and Goltim (2.1 km).

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

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