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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Betqui''' or '''Betki''' is a village in the Ponda ''taluka'' (sub-district) of [[Goa]].<br />
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==Area, population==<br />
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Its location code on the 2011 Census of India is 626844.<ref name="Census">{{Cite book|title=2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB, District Census Handbook. North Goa. Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstracts.|publisher=Census of India|year=2014|pages=132}}</ref><br />
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According to the official 2011 Census, Betqui or Betki in Ponda ''taluka'' has an area of 629 hectares, a total of 382 households, a population of 1,707 (comprising 871 males and 836 females) with an under-six population of 151 (comprising 77 boys and 74 girls).<ref name="Census" /><br />
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==Location==<br />
Betqui is located in the north-eastern corner of [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]] ''taluka''.<ref name="Map">{{Cite web|title=Ponda taluka in Goa, Villages and Towns in Ponda, Accommodation in Ponda, Places to visit in Ponda|url=https://www.goaholidayhomes.com/talukas-in-goa/ponda/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.goaholidayhomes.com}}</ref> It is near to [[Candola]] or [[Khandola]], [[Orgao]], [[Banastarim]] and [[Volvoi]].<ref name="Map" /><br />
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==Postal services==<br />
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Betki B.O. is a delivery-based branch office, connected to the [[Marcela]] S.O. which lies under the Goa Division of the Panaji Region and the Maharashtra Circle for postal services.<ref name="PIN">{{Cite web|last=GetPincodes|title=Pin code 403107, Betki B.O Post Office in Ponda, North Goa, Goa|url=http://www.getpincodes.com/postoffice/betki-bo-403107|access-date=2021-01-02|website=GetPincodes|language=en-US}}</ref> Betki's PIN code is 403107. It is located in [[North Goa]]. Betki shares this PIN code with [[Amona, Goa|Amona]] B.O., [[Banastarim]] B.O., [[Cumbharjua]] B.O. and the [[Marcela]] B.O.<ref name="PIN"/><br />
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==Environment==<br />
The Betki-Khandola area was said to be the centre of [[Sand theft|illegal sand mining]] in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Truck accident helps Ponda cops uncover illegal sand dredging|url=https://www.magzter.com/news/617/1714/122020/r1231|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.magzter.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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According to Rajendra P. Kerkar, writing in 2018, the Mandodarichem ''tollem'' in Betqui is one of Goa's largest "man-made lakes".<ref name="Kerkar">{{Cite web|last=Oct 21|first=Rajendra P. Kerkar / TNN /|last2=2018|last3=Ist|first3=09:02|title=How Betki’s child goddess and her brother rose to be forces of nature {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/how-betkis-child-goddess-and-her-brother-rose-to-be-forces-of-nature/articleshow/66300349.cms|access-date=2021-01-02|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> But the lake has silted and faced sustained neglect over the years.<ref name="Kerkar" /><br />
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