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- LGD code
- 626765
- Pincode
- 403505
- Post office
- Sanquelim
- Population
- 966
- Households
- 241
- Literacy rate
- 75.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1017 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 453
- Distance to district centre
- 8 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Panaji
- 21 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 406 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karmali · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Adhar Hospital, Collan · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Podocem compares
By population, Podocem ranks #16 of 77 villages in Satari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.9%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Podocem
- 75.9%
- Satari mandal
- 75.4%
- North Goa district
- 81.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,017
+46 vs mandal average
- Podocem
- 1,017
- Satari mandal
- 971
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Podocem
- 4.0
- Satari mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podocem at a glance
Podocem is a village of 966 people in 241 households (Census 2011) in Satari taluka, North Goa district, Goa, the 16th-largest of 77 villages in Satari taluka. Literacy is 76%, about the same as the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the North Goa district centre, 30 km from Shiroda, the nearest town, 13 km from Karmali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 403505, served by Sanquelim post office; the LGD village code is 626765. The nearest hospital or health centre is Adhar Hospital, Collan, 2 km away. The village votes in Poriem assembly constituency, represented by MLA Deviya Vishwajit Rane.
Gram panchayat: Poriem →
Key facts — Podocem
- LGD code
- 626765
- Pincode
- 403505
- Post office
- Sanquelim
- Population (Census 2011)
- 966
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,139
- Households
- 241
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1017
- Literacy rate
- 75.9%
- Coordinates
- 15.58590°N, 74.00051°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- North Goa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Poriem
- Member of Parliament
- Shripad Naik
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Deviya Vishwajit Rane
- Block / Mandal
- Satari
Getting there
How to reach Podocem
Distance to cities · straight line
- Panaji21 kmcapital
- Mumbai406 km
- Bengaluru484 km
- Hyderabad518 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarmali13 km
- Bus stopPiedade to Ribandar Ferry12 km
- Hospital / PHCAdhar Hospital, Collan2 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank3 km
- Petrol pumpHP PETROL PUMP - HARE KRISHNA PETROLEUM2 km
- CollegeIndian Institute of Technology Goa18 km
- Police stationRTO Office Bicholim6 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Adhar Hospital, Collan2.5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Podocem
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shri Gopaleshwar Mahadev TempleTemple2.1 km ↗
- 🛕Shri Bhagvati Mata MandirTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🛕Shri Hanuman MandirTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🛕Shri Pandurang MandirTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🛕ISKCON Bhakti Kutir GoaTemple2.3 km ↗
- 🛕Shri Dattatreya MandirTemple2.4 km ↗
- 🛕Shri Maruti TempleTemple2.7 km ↗
- 🛕Shri Banglapurva MandirTemple2.8 km ↗
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)