Canca, Goa

Canca is a village in the North Goa taluka (sub-district) of Bardez.

Location

It is located to the south-west of Mapusa town, just on its outskirts. Surrounding Canca are Khorlim, Morod (both in Mapusa on its north and east respectively), Parra to its south, and Verla to its west.

Locality, PIN, etc

Located within Canca is the Parra bank of the Corporation Bank.

Canca's PIN (postal index number) code is shared with Mapusa, 403507.

It is not to be confused with another locality called Cansa, in the Tivim area also in Bardez, Goa.

Area

The village has an area of 81.09 hectares, according to the Goa Census of 2011.^[1]

Population

It has a total of 794 households, and its population comprises 3,551 persons, of whom 1,845 are male and 1,706 are female.^[1] Its under-six population comprises 398 children, of whom 205 are boys and 193 are girls.^[1]

References

1. Census of India, 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. District Census Handbook, North Goa. Village and Town-wise Primary Census Abstracts (PDF). Census of India: Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. p. 102.

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