Chicalim is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
in
Morumugão Sub-District,
Goa
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 ...
, India. It is a suburb to the port city of
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea.
Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
.
Geography
Chicalim is located at at an average elevation of .
Demographics
As of the
2011 Indian census, Chicalim had a population of 6,933. Males constituted 57% of the population and females 43%. Chicalim had a literacy rate of 93.21%, higher than state average of 88.70%: male literacy was 96.13% and female literacy was 89.28%. 8.91% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Government
Chicalim, being a village, is governed by a Panchayat, or local rural governing body, under the Panchayati Raj Act. Latest panchayat elections took place in August, 2022
Chicalim comes under Dabolim constituency for the state assembly after delimitation of wards. Earlier it was under the Cortalim constituency. The current MLA is Mauvin Godinho of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) .
References
Villages in South Goa district
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