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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 626656
- Pincode
- 403512
- Post office
- Pernem
- Population
- 974
- Households
- 196
- Literacy rate
- 73.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1038 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 395
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Panaji
- 18 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 393 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pernem · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Kamat Clinic · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chopdem compares
By population, Chopdem ranks #18 of 23 villages in Pernem mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.3%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Chopdem
- 73.3%
- Pernem mandal
- 78.9%
- North Goa district
- 81.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,038
+90 vs mandal average
- Chopdem
- 1,038
- Pernem mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Chopdem
- 5.0
- Pernem mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chopdem at a glance
Chopdem is a village of 974 people in 196 households (Census 2011) in Pernem taluka, North Goa district, Goa, the 18th-largest of 23 villages in Pernem taluka. Literacy is 73%, 6 points below the taluka average of 79% and the sex ratio is 1,038 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the North Goa district centre, 46 km from Shiroda, the nearest town, 10 km from Pernem railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 403512, served by Pernem post office; the LGD village code is 626656. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre, bank, post office. The village votes in Pernem assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pravin Prabhakar Arlekar. The population is estimated at 1,148 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chopdem
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PERNEM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 215.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.42
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chopdem
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Key facts — Chopdem
- LGD code
- 626656
- Pincode
- 403512
- Post office
- Pernem
- Population (Census 2011)
- 974
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,148
- Households
- 196
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1038
- Literacy rate
- 73.3%
- Coordinates
- 15.63795°N, 73.75478°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- North Goa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pernem
- Member of Parliament
- Shripad Naik
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pravin Prabhakar Arlekar
- Block / Mandal
- Pernem
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Kamat Clinic (1.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- Indian Overseas Bank (1.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Chopdem
Distance to cities · straight line
- Panaji18 kmcapital
- Mumbai393 km
- Bengaluru509 km
- Hyderabad541 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPernem10 km
- Bus stopChopdem<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Kamat Clinic1 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpD’cruz Fuel Centre2 km
- CollegeSPK College30 km
- Police stationMandrem Police Station6 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Chopdemunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Dr. Kamat Clinic1.4 km
- Bank / ATM
- ICICI Bankunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chopdem
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Sri Dev Bandeshwar SansthanTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Swami Samarth MathTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Sri Dadoba Panchayatn DevasthanTemple1.1 km ↗
- 🛕Ganesh TempleTemple1.2 km ↗
- 🛕Sri Bhavani Shankar Maharudra DevasthanTemple1.2 km ↗
- 🛕Sri Mahalakshmi PrasannaTemple1.2 km ↗
- 🛕Satyanarayan TempleTemple1.3 km ↗
- 🛕Sri Siddeshwar PrasannaTemple1.4 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Chopdem
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 403512
Villages near Chopdem
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View all 26 →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, 2026-09-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)