Village Panchayat Betoda Nirankal Conxem Codar consist of 11 wards and has a population of 11090, village Panchayat is spread into four revenue villages and over an area of 3900 Ha. (Approx.) the village is blessed with two rivers flowing around the clock out of the total population of 11090, the female population constitute about 5200 and male about 5800 out of the 11 V.P. Members are 4 are female. The village is well known for Bethora industrial Estate and UB Group of companies it has over 2500 households both residential and commercial, the village Panchayats caters for 23 High schools and 12 Primary Schools, out of the total population 20% population consist of SC and ST communities. The village is equipped with Primary health center and center for animal husbandry. The Panchayat is economically sound and the main source of income is taxes and fees collected by Panchayat.
GRAMPANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN – 2020-21 A JOURNEY
Village Panchayat Betoda Nirankal Conxem Codar , perhaps the biggest Panchayats in area of Ponda block, the V.P. divided into four revenue villages namely Betoda Nirankal Conxem Codar. All the villages are blessed with super greenery of forest and agriculture plantation. Besides this it is reach in culture heritage and rich diversities.
Agriculture is the main source of income of the village, moreover people strive hard to maintain the devotional euphoria through the cultural and traditional heritage, the women in the village are socially active because of this. The education in the village has not at its best as on date. Since the topography of the village Panchayat is uneven, the best education to every individual has not reached the social problems like drinking water, sanitation, employment, tourism has to be improved.
Considering the above factor Village Development Committee sat together and decided to address the above said through GPDP and various sittings were carried out in consultation with all the expert in various fields applicable for the growth of village and stressed upon socio- Economic development of the village, all the High schools, Primary schools and Anganwadi were consulted for the betterment of education. Various rounds of consultation among the SHG towards their self sustainability and social empowerment.
On 2nd October 2019 awareness campaign through Prabhat Fery, street play and series of lectures both in Schools and Panchayats were carried out, special Gram Sabha was held to take suggestion from the expertise of various fields towards the draft GPDP. And this is how the journey towards socio- Economic empowerment of the village Panchayat Betoda Nirankal Conxm Codar through GPDP 2020-21 began.
All the suggestion were accumulated together by village Development Committee and after series of meeting the final draft was prepared and the conveyor of VDC placed the draft of GPDP for the approval of VDC on dated 22nd Oct. 2019 and VDC decided to put the said draft for approval of Gram Sabha on 19th Dec. 2019 the said draft of GPDP for 2020-21 was approved and prioritized.