Usgao is a village in
Ponda taluka,
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 Karnataka ...
, India.
For the purposes of the census, it is considered a "Census Town". It is part of the Usgao-Ganjem Village ''Panchayat''.
In the 2011 Census, Usgao was found to have an area of 25.40 square kilometres, with a total of 2,867 households, and a population of 12,436 persons comprising 6,370 males and 6,066 females.
The zero-to-six age group population comprised 1,254 children, of these 614 were males and 640 females.
Usgao (together with Ganjem) was sought to be included in the newly-formed
Dharbandora ''taluka''. But a May 2011
Goa government decision accepted to retain this ''panchayat'' area within Ponda ''taluka'' or sub-district.
References
Cities and towns in North Goa district
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