North Goa District | |
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Country | India |
State | Goa |
Headquarters | Panaji |
Taluka | |
Government | |
• District collector | Dr. Sneha Gitte, I.A.S. [1] |
• Superintendent of Police | Akshat Kaushal, IPS |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | North Goa |
• Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Shripad Naik (BJP) |
• Zilla Parishad, Chairperson | Siddesh Naik |
Area | |
• Total | 1,736 km2 (670 sq mi) |
• Rank | 2nd |
Highest elevation (Sonsogor) | 1,166 m (3,825 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 818,008 |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 60.28% [2] |
Demography | |
• Language [3] | Konkani |
Human Development | |
• Literacy | 89.57 |
• Sex ratio | 963 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
PIN | 4030xx, 4031xx, 4032xx, 4034xx, 4035xx (North Goa) [4] |
Telephone | +91 0832 |
Vehicle registration | GA-01 |
Climate | Am (Köppen) |
Largest city | Panaji (21.01 km2 (8.11 sq mi)) |
Largest city (by population) | Mapusa |
Average annual precipitation | 320 cm (3,200 mm) (June–September) |
Website | northgoa |
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of 1,736 square kilometres (670 square miles), and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa district to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west.
At the advent of the Portuguese in AD 1510, all of today's northern territories (Ilhas, Bardez, Pernem, Bicholim, Antruz, and Sattari) were part of the Bijapur Sultanate. Ilhas and Bardez were annexed by the Portuguese after their successful conquest and the region is now called Velhas Conquistas (Old Conquests). After the fall of the Deccan sultanates and rise of the Marathas in the late 1600s, the remaining region eventually fell under the control of the Maratha Kingdom of Sawantwadi until AD 1783. These territories were seen as safe haven for the Hindus, Muslims and new-Christians who fled the Portuguese Inquisition taking place in Goa. These territories were acquired by the Portuguese as part of Novas Conquistas (New Conquest) in the late 18th century. They remained with the Portuguese until 1961 when they were annexed by India.
Goa and two other former Portuguese enclaves became the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu, and Goa was organized into a single district in 1965. On 30 May 1987, Goa attained statehood (while Daman and Diu remained a union territory), and Goa was reorganized into two districts, North Goa and South Goa.
Lured by the thrill of discovery and goaded by the prospect of seeking Christians and spices Portugal embarked on perilous voyages to the Orient which culminated in Bartholomew Dias’ trip around the Cape of Good Hope. This spectacular breakthrough opened new vistas. A decade later Vasco Da Gama set off eastwards and in AD 1498 landed in Calicut and broke the Arab monopoly of trade.
Fired with the dream of establishing an Eastern Empire for Portugal, Afonso De Albuquerque, Governor-General of Goa, set to acquire strategic centers also the trade route. At the invitation of the Admiral of the Vijayanagar's fleet, he occupied Goa with little initial opposition. Though temporarily routed, he triumphantly regained possession of the city on 25 November 1510, and kneeling in the public square he dedicated Goa to St. Catherine whose feast was on that day.
In 1530 Goa became the capital of the Portuguese Empire in the East and mistress of the sea from the Cape of Good Hope to the China Sea.
The arrival in AD 1542 of a young Spanish nobleman turned Jesuit, with a brilliant background of academic learning, created an impact that was tremendous. His compassion for the weak and the downtrodden, his dynamic zeal and his innate holiness edified many. Two years after his death in AD 1552, the incorrupt body of the saint was enshrined in Goa. It continued to attract pilgrims from all over the world even to this day.
The first printing press of moveable types in the whole of India printed Doutrina Christa written by Francis Xavier & Garcia de Orta called Colloquios Dos Simples Drogos Medicinais and an early work of the poet Luis De Camoes entitled Os Disparates Da India.
To intensify the flickering torch of freedom, the Indian Socialist leader, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, courted arrest on 18 June 1946 by defiantly addressing a mammoth meeting in Goa.
In August 1946, at Londa on the border, a mass meeting of Goan nationalist workers charted out a plan of non-violent action. To express the peoples's longing for freedom, satyagrahas were launched until the year ended in different parts of the Portuguese enclaves and resulted in 1500 Goans being imprisoned and the ring leaders deported.
After the French withdrawal from India, a futile attempt was made by the Government of India to negotiate with Portugal for a peaceful transfer of its possession to the Indian Union. Consequently, the Goa Action Committee was formed in Bombay to awaken sympathy for its cause within the country and abroad.
In 1958 all parties amalgamated under the banner of Goan Political Convention presided over by Professor Aloysius Soares.
Through action by Armed forces, the Government of India entered Goa. Scant resistance was offered and in December 1961 with hardly any bloodshed, Goa was liberated from the Portuguese.
Its geographical position is marked by 15° 48′ 00″ N to 14° 53′ 54″ N latitudes and 73° E to 75° E longitudes
Climate data for Panaji (1971–1990) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 36.6 (97.9) | 39.2 (102.6) | 39.0 (102.2) | 39.8 (103.6) | 38.6 (101.5) | 35.9 (96.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.2 (91.8) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 36.6 (97.9) | 39.8 (103.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.4 (92.1) | 30.3 (86.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.5 (88.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.4 (81.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.3 (73.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 13.3 (55.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.0) | 5 (0.2) | 56 (2.2) | 861 (33.9) | 853 (33.6) | 622 (24.5) | 237 (9.3) | 111 (4.4) | 35 (1.4) | 2 (0.1) | 2,813 (110.7) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 24.0 | 28.2 | 27.2 | 14.9 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 109.3 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 85 | 88 | 89 | 86 | 80 | 70 | 64 | 76 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 311.8 | 290.2 | 291.0 | 289.0 | 296.5 | 125.1 | 105.7 | 122.1 | 177.1 | 247.7 | 272.6 | 299.3 | 2,828.1 |
Source 1: NOAA [5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010) [6] |
The administrative headquarters of the district is Panaji, which is also the capital of the state of Goa. The district forms part of a greater region called the Konkan. Ms Mamu Hage, IAS, is the District Collector. [8]
The district is divided into three subdivisions— Panaji, Mapusa, and Bicholim; and five talukas —Tiswadi (Panaji), Bardez (Mapusa), Pernem, Bicholim, and Sattari (Valpoi).
Ponda taluka was transferred from North Goa district to South Goa district in January 2015.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1900 | 294,074 | — |
1910 | 306,323 | +0.41% |
1920 | 288,039 | −0.61% |
1930 | 313,614 | +0.85% |
1940 | 336,628 | +0.71% |
1950 | 330,874 | −0.17% |
1960 | 349,667 | +0.55% |
1971 | 458,312 | +2.49% |
1981 | 568,021 | +2.17% |
1991 | 664,804 | +1.59% |
2001 | 758,573 | +1.33% |
2011 | 818,008 | +0.76% |
source: [9] |
According to the 2011 census North Goa has a population of 818,008 [10] which is roughly equal to the nation of Comoros [11] or the US state of South Dakota. [12] This gives it a ranking of 480th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 471 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,220/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.8%. North Goa has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.85%. [10] The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.15% and 6.92% of the population of the district. [13]
Konkani is the mother tongue of a majority of the people living in North Goa district. Portuguese is also spoken and understood by a small number of people.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 65.86% of the population in the district spoke Konkani, 14.36% Marathi, 8.65% Hindi, 3.62% Kannada, 2.39% Urdu, 0.92 Portuguese, 0.86 English, 0.80 Malayalam, 0.68% Telugu, 0.47% Tamil, 0.46% Gujarati and 0.43% Bengali as their first language. [3]
Hinduism (76%) is followed by the majority of population of North Goa. Christians (16%) form significant minority. [14]
North Goa is known for its beaches, which include Anjuna Beach, Candolim Beach, Mandrem Beach, Calangute Beach, Morjim Beach, and Arambol Beach. [15] Other tourist sites include Fort Aguada, the church of Mae De Deus, the temple of Boghdeshwara, [16] and the Hanuman Natya Graha theatre centre. [17] Chorao, Divar Island are islands of North Goa which are accessible via a ferry crossing. [18]
Panaji is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary in the Tiswadi sub-district (taluka). With a population of 114,759 in the metropolitan area, Panaji is Goa's largest urban agglomeration, ahead of Margao and Mormugao.
Bardez or Bardes is a taluka of the North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
Mapusa is a city in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the state capital of Panaji. The city is the headquarters of Bardez taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. During Portuguese India, the city was known as "Mapuçá".
Pernem is a northmost administrative region or sub-district in North Goa in India. It acts as the Gateway of Goa from Maharashtra side. It is also the name of the town of Pernem, which is its headquarters. It has a Municipal Council. Geographically, Pernem is surrounded by Sawantwadi sub-district on East, Arabian Sea on West, Bardez and Bicholim sub-district on south and Sawantwadi sub-district on north. The two rivers which decide the boundary of this sub-district are Terekhol River and Chapora River. Terekhol river acts as a border of Maharashtra and Goa while Chapora river acts as a border of Pernem sub-district and Bardez sub-district.
Pernem is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the capital of the Pernem Sub-District.
This is a timeline of Goan history. It overlaps with the histories of other regions in South Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and colonial powers that influenced the region, including Portugal.
Tiswadi, formerly known as Ilhas, is a taluka in the district of North Goa, situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa. It is an estuarine island situated on the confluence of the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. It was one of the first territories to be annexed by the Portuguese in the 16th century. Both the state capital Panaji, and the erstwhile capital Old Goa lie within the sub-district. It is the biggest and the most populated of the six major islands between the Mandovi and Zuari rivers.
Sattari is a taluka of North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. There are 77 villages and 2 towns in Sattari Taluka. The headquarters of Sattari taluka is Valpoi municipal council. It lies in the north-eastern region of Goa where it is known for its greenery and dense forest. Part of the Western Ghats forms the eastern part of the Sattari Taluka. The Mandovi River is considered to be the lifeline of Sattari. It has a geographical area of 490 km2; the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary covers 208 km2 of this area.
Shri Shantadurga (Kalangutkarin) Devasthan Nanora is a Hindu temple in Nanoda village, Bicholim taluka in Goa. The goddess Shantadurga is worshiped in the form of Vishweshwari.
Chapora River is a river in northern Goa, India. It runs westward into the Arabian Sea at Chapora and demarcates the border between the North Goa talukas of Pernem and Bardez. The river originates at Ramghat in the neighbouring state of Maharashtra enters Goa and flows into the Arabian Sea. Vagator Beach, a tourist destination, is located at the estuary to the south, and to the north is the village of Morjim. There is a bridge across Chapora from Morjim to Siolim. The tributaries of Chapora include Anjuna River and Calna River.
Mandrem is a coastal village famous as a tourist spot in Pernem taluka in North Goa district of Goa state in India. It is 21 km from the capital Panaji.
Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea in the west. It is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population. Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, two and a half times as high as the GDP per capita of the country as a whole. The Eleventh Finance Commission of India named Goa the best-placed state because of its infrastructure, and India's National Commission on Population rated it as having the best quality of life in India. It is the second-highest ranking among Indian states in the human development index.
The Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Goa is the fire brigade run by the Government of Goa. The department has 17 fire stations throughout Goa, including Bicholim, Canacona, Cuncolim, Curchorem, Kundaim, Mapusa, Margao, Old Goa, Panaji, Pernem, Pilerne, Ponda, Valpoi, Vasco da Gama, and Verna. Several fire stations such as the one in Pernem and Ponda have been stated to be ill-equipped with only two fire tenders at each station.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Goa:
Sircaim is a village situated in the Bardez sub-district or taluka of Goa, which lies along the west-coast of India. It lies close to or within the mining belt of North Goa. It is home to a football academy for youth, and a jetty for iron-ore transportation. Though located in Bardez, it has also been involved in mining activities which are otherwise mainly based in Bicholim and other sub-districts of Goa.
Pirna is a village in the North Goa sub-district or taluka of Bardez and is located in the northern edge of the sub-district. It is close to the Colvale river and is the home of the 150-metre long Pirna-Ozarim bridge at Thorli Chandai. The bridge connects Pirna in Bardez taluka with Pernem taluka. It was inaugurated in May 2006.
Kashinath Anant Shetgaonkar was an Indian politician who served as a member of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly, representing the Pernem Assembly constituency from 1963 to 1967. He was a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
South Dakota 814,180