Loliem-Polem is a village located in the southernmost tip of the

Canacona taluk Canacona is an administrative region in the district of South Goa, Goa state, India. Canacona is one of the six subdivisions (''talukas'') that constitute the South Goa district. It is bounded on the north by the taluka of Quepem, on the nort ...

, in

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, bordering

Karwar Karwar is a coastal City and the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district, formerly part of the Bombay Presidency, located at the mouth of the Kali River (Karnataka), Kali river along the Konkan Coast in the present-day state of Ka ...

taluka of

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state.

Location

Loliem-Polem is surrounded by

Taluk towards south,

Quepem Quepem (''Kepem'') is a town with a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The town is the administrative headquarters of the Quepem taluka (sub-district). History The town was established by a Portuguese noble ...

Taluk towards north,

Salcete Salcete or Salcette (Konkani: ''Saxtti''/''Xaxtti'') is a subdivision of the district of South Goa, in the state of Goa, situated by the west coast of India. The Sal River and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete. Historically, ...

Taluk towards north.

History

Loliem, earlier under the Kadamba kings of

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, was actually known as Loha-halli (a

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word) as the village had metallurgical artisans who would manufacture idols of

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

gods and goddesses by using iron and aluminium according to the

Canara Kanara or Canara, also known as Karāvali, is the historically significant stretch of land situated by the southwestern Konkan coast of India, alongside the Arabian Sea in the present-day Indian state of Karnataka. The subregion comprises thr ...

Gazetteer. Later, it became a Portuguese colony and the name was changed to Loliem. Loliem-Polem had a Portuguese immigration check-post to monitor all arrivals-departures by road route staffed by European officers till 1961, when Goa was incorporated into the Indian Union.

Geography

Loliem comprises seven wards (village segments) -- namely, Iddar, Karay, Kajalker, Shelli, Polem, Peddem and Maxem. For administrative purpose, the wards of Shell and Peddem are divided into two parts each, thus forming a total of nine wards.

Polem beach

Polem beach is located in the village, it is a popular tourist attraction. Trek to Moon beach and Dabel beach start from this

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from Rock (geology), rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological s ...

Achievements

* Loliem-Polem has been adjudged the best panchayat in the Goa state and in the country twice during the last panchayat term. * Union ministry of Human resources development (MHRD) inspected a site in Loliem to set up the

Indian Institute of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are a network of engineering and technology institutions in India. Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed by the Instit ...

(IIT), Goa. The three-member team to inspect the Loliem site for the IIT Goa, found the plot to be meeting all the necessary criteria. The IIT Goa campus will resemble a modern, mini township, which will be constructed in a manner that retains the greenery around. When the IIT has come up, a lot of development will taken place, generating self-employment opportunities for the locals. Land approximately 280 acres or 11.2 lakh sq ms was shortlisted by an MHRD team over Shristhal and

Poinguinim Poinguinim is a village in the Canacona taluka administrative region of Goa, India, near the Goa-Karnataka border, and close to the Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. The village is home to a population of 6,625 people as of the 2011 Census of India, 2 ...

in Canacona. As of June 2016, however, news reports stated that a local citizens' committee had opposed the siting of an IIT campus in their village. As of 2021 the IIT campus has been moved away from loliem after heavy opposition from the locals.

Reaching there

* By Road: It is located 37 km towards south from district headquarters

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, 70 km from state capital

Panaji Panaji (; , , )also known as Panjim, 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 est ...

. * By Train: The railway station at Loliem falls under the jurisdiction of the Konkan Railway. It is the last station in

before

Asnoti Asnoti is a village in Karwar Taluka, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India. It is close to the historic fort of Sadashivgad located on Kali river. Konkani is spoken as a local language. Due to the presence of the railway station it cat ...

railway station of Karnataka state. The other two railway stations falling under Canacona Taluka on Konkan Railway route before Loliem-Polem are Balli, Canacona.

References

Villages in South Goa district {{Goa-geo-stub