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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Goa, India<br />
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[North Goa]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Talukas of Goa|Taluka]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bardez]]<br />
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| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
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'''Marra''' is a small village in [[North Goa]]'s [[Bardez]] sub-district<br />
or ''taluka''. It falls in the Assembly constituency of [[Saligao]]. It is<br />
surrounded by the areas of [[Candolim]] and [[Pilerne]], among others.<br />
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==Area, population==<br />
According to the 2011 Census, Marra has an area of 326.56 hectares, and a population of 516 households comprising 1,988 persons.<ref name="Census">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Census of India, 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. District Census Handbook, North Goa. Village and Town-wise Primary Census Abstracts.|publisher=Census of India: Directorate of Census Operations, Goa.|year=2014|isbn=|location=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3001_PART_B_DCHB_NORTH%20GOA.pdf|pages=102}}</ref> Of these 1,029 are male and 959 are female.<ref name="Census" /> Children up to six years of age comprise 189 persons in this locality, of whom 99 are male and 90, female.<ref name="Census" /><br />
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==Clean village==<br />
In December 2018, Pilerne-Marra village panchayat won the clean village award for North Goa.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dec 20|first=TNN /|last2=2018|last3=Ist|first3=11:03|title=Sinha gives Swachh town awards to Cuncolim, Bicholim {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/sinha-gives-swachh-town-awards-to-cuncolim-bicholim/articleshow/67169386.cms|access-date=2020-11-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Panchayat==<br />
The local ''panchayat'' (village authority) in Marra is jointly run with neighbouring [[Pilerne]]. It has a presence on [[Facebook]]. <br />
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==Local groups==<br />
Local activist groups in the area include the [[Pilerne Citizens' Forum]], which has raised issues of local governance and fairness of decision-making.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pilerne-Marra VP charged for refusing to stop construction work on Savlem banks|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/The-Sunday-Roundtable/pilernemarra-vp-charged-for-refusing-to-stop-construction-work-on-savlem-banks/23483|access-date=2020-11-03|website=oHeraldo}}</ref> Given the area's proximity to the fast-urbanising area of [[Porvorim]], many land-related debates have come up in the region.<ref>{{Cite web|last=May 29|first=TNN /|last2=2009|last3=Ist|first3=06:48|title=Pilerne citizens to move court over land filling {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pilerne-citizens-to-move-court-over-land-filling/articleshow/4590692.cms|access-date=2020-11-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last=Nov 2|first=टाइम्स न्यूज़ नेटवर्क / TNN /|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=04:06|title=Pilerne comunidade clears grant of 16 plots for housing {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/pilerne-comunidade-clears-grant-of-16-plots-for-housing/articleshow/78989214.cms|access-date=2020-11-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.facebook.com/PilerneVP/ Pilerne village ''panchayat'' Facebook page]<br />
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[[Category:Villages in North Goa district]]</div>->Vanisaac