Cuncoliem is a village in Ponda taluka, Goa, India.

Village panchayat

Cuncoliem (also spelt Kunkoliem), shares a common village panchayat with Veling and Prior, two neighbouring villages. This is called the village panchayat of Veling-Priol-Kunkoliem.[1] In July 2020, during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a controversy in the area over the housing of Covid patients.[2]

Area, population

In the 2011 Census, Cuncoliem was found to have an area of 517 hectares, with a total of 323 households, and a population of 1,385 persons, comprising 711 males and 674 females.[3] The zero-to-six age group population comprised 134 children, of these 70 were males and 64 females.[3]

Priol assembly constituency

Cuncoliem, under the Veling-Priol-Cuncoliem village panchayat, is one of the seven panchayats that made up the Priol assembly segment of Goa. The other six panchayats included in this assembly constituency are Tivrem-Orgao, Betki-Khandola, Savoi-Verem, Bhoma-Adcolna, Keri and Volvoi.[4]

Also a comunidade

Cuncoliem also has a comunidade (also called a gaonkaria, earlier), which is a village land-holding community body. In October 2017, this was one of the 28 comunidades in Goa, to which the Goa government had appointed committees.[5]

Shrines

The Sri Gomantak Tirupati Balaji Devasthan is located at Cuncoliem, and has been described as being located in a bit of an "isolated place and not as frequented by devotees as compared to other nearby three temples at Priol like Mangueshi, Shanta Durga as well as Mahalsa Narayani".[6] Shree Ganesha Purusha Temple Kunkoliem is also located in the area.

PIN code

The Cuncoliem-Mardol Postal Index Number code is 403404.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "VELING-PRIOL-KUNKOLIEM". Goa.PanchayatRaj.Net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Kaisuvker, Suraj P. (21 July 2020). "Review move to house Covid-19 patients, urge Mardol locals". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 Census of India 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB, District Census Handbook. North Goa. Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstracts. Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. p. 132.
  4. ↑ "Priol: Priol's Gaude gets hold of five panchayats in Ponda". The Times of India. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Government appoints committees in 28 comunidades". The Times of India. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sri Gomantak Tirupati Balaji devasthan, Goa - Reviews, Photos - Sri Gomantak Tirupati Balaji Devasthan". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Kunkoliem Mardol Pin Code: Kunkoliem Mardol, Ponda, Goa, South Goa Post Office Code & Address with Map". codepin.in. Retrieved 8 October 2021.


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