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{{Short description|Village in India}}
'''Betora''' (or '''Bethora''') is a village in the Ponda ''taluka'' (sub-district) of [[Goa]]. It is part of the Betora-Nirancal village ''panchayat'' (or village council) and is surrounded by [[Khandepar]] (or Candepar) and Kurti (or [[Curti, Goa|Curti]]) villages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Karmali |first=Deepali P. |title=Research Project On Panchayat Finance in Goa Panchayat Finance in Goa: A study of Status and Potentialities of Panchayat Finance in Goa |publisher=Institute of Rural Development & Administration Goa- Ela, Old-Goa |url=https://gipard.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Panchayat-Finanance-in-Goa.pdf |pages=41}}</ref> This area is a predominantly agricultural area of Goa.

==Area, population==
According to the official 2011 Census, Betora in Ponda ''taluka'' has an area of 1,414.29 hectares, a total of 1,405 households, a population of 6,133 (comprising 3,240 males and 2,893 females) with an under-six population of 821 (comprising 412 boys and 409 girls).<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>

Betora's location code number in the Census of India is 626859.<ref name="Census" />

==Location==
Betora lies on the outskirts of [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]] town. In its vicinity are [[Codar]], [[Curdi]], Candepar or [[Khandepar]] and [[Sidhanath Hill]]. It is located about 5 km from [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]] town and 35 km from [[Panjim]] or [[Panaji]].

==Industrial estate==
The Bethora Industrial Estate is run by the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).<ref name="IDC">{{Cite web|title=GOA-IDC: Existing Industrial Units Location-COLVALE INDUSTRIAL UNIT|url=https://www.goaidc.com/area_estate.php?area_name=BETHORA|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.goaidc.com}}</ref> This centre has some 126 plots or sheds within its area, with sizes ranges from 20 square metres to 27,222 square metres (Crompton Greaves).<ref name="IDC" /> Among the units at this industrial estate are ones involved in the manufacture of furniture, glass designing, ceiling fans, LED bulbs, tower erection, MS grills, grills and gates, exhaust mufflers, separating agent (soap solution), acid slurry, steel furniture, plastic shutters, steel fabrication items, sheet metal components, fan components, pharma formulations, tipper bus body vehicles, bus body building, printing, nails, dies and moulds, tablets and ointments, laundry, fan assembly, stator winding assembling, solvent products, cashew nut shell liquid, fish net twines, corrugated boxes, powder coating, electroplating works, paper products, steel furniture, flour mills, ready-made garments, precast cement products, injection molded products, jerry-cans, and other products or services.<ref name="IDC" />

==Tribal controversy==
Around 2017, Bethora was in the news following a controversy over [[Waghmare]] tribals whom villagers wanted to disallow from living in the locality.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamat|first=Prakash|date=2017-02-06|title=In a first, 40 Wanarmare tribals cast votes|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/In-a-first-40-Wanarmare-tribals-cast-votes/article17198626.ece|access-date=2021-01-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Panchayat==
The village ''panchayat'' (council) of Bethora-Nirancal has nine members, and is classified as a "B" class ''panchayat''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Web Based Project Management System|url=http://www.vigeyegpms.in/goa/?module=public&action=panchayats|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.vigeyegpms.in}}</ref>

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