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South Goa district is one of two districts that together constitute the state of Goa, India, within the region known as the Konkan. It is bounded by
North Goa district North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnatak ...
to the north, while the
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forms its western coast. It ranks among the top 25 developed districts of India. The district capital city is Margao (Madgaon), which also serves as the commercial capital of Goa.


History

The Portuguese established a colony in Goa in 1510 and expanded the colony to its present boundaries during the 17th and 18th centuries. Goa was annexed by India on 19 December 1961. Goa and two other former Portuguese enclaves became the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, and Goa was organised into a single district in 1965. On 30 May 1987 Goa attained statehood (while Daman and Diu became a separate union territory), and Goa was reorganised into two districts, North Goa and South Goa.


Administration

Asvin Chandru A, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, is the Collector and District Magistrate of South Goa. There are deputy collectors and ''mamlatdars'' for each subdivision/''taluka''. The headquarters of the district is Margao. There are 205 revenue villages in South Goa District under seven ''Talukas'' (subdistricts) headed each by the Mamlatdar.


Divisions

Margao is the administrative headquarters of the district. The 'Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex', the collectorate building, named after former minister and social activist Mr Mathany Saldanha, is located on the outskirts of the city, adjoining the intercity bus stand. The district is divided into five subdivisions— Ponda, Mormugao- Vasco, Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven '' talukas''— Ponda, Dharbandora, Sanguem, Mormugao (Vasco), Salcete (Margao), Quepem, and Canacona ( Chaudi). Ponda taluka that was previously part of North Goa district became part of South Goa district in January 2015.


Politics


Transport

Frequent buses are available between Margao and North Goa.


Demographics

According to the 2011 census South Goa has a
population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 640,537 which is roughly equal to the nation of
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or the US state of
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. This gives it a ranking of 515th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 8.63%. South Goa has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...
of 85.53%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.22% and 14.47% of the population of the district.


Religion

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...
(53%) is followed by the majority of population of South Goa.
Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...
(36%) form significant minority.


Language

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 66.44% of the population in the district spoke
Konkani __NOTOC__ Konkani may refer to: Language * Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India. * Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language **Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...
, 12.38%
Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
, 6.45% Marathi, 5.98%
Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
, 3.39%
Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
, 1.00%
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
, 0.86% Telugu, 0.55% Bengali, 0.49% Tamil, 0.49% Gujarati, 0.44% Odia and 0.42% English as their first language.


Education

There are many educational institutions in South Goa. The prominent colleges include: * National Institute of Technology Goa in Cuncolim . * Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus in Zuarinagar. * The Parvatibai Chowgule College in Margao. * Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law in Margao. * Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE) in Verna. * MES College in Vasco da Gama.


References


External links


South Goa district Website
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