Wadi-Talaulim is a village in

Ponda taluka Ponda ''Tehsil, taluka'' is a subdivision of the district of north Goa district, north Goa, in the India, Indian state of Goa. Its administrative headquarters is the township of Ponda, Goa, Ponda. Location Located in central Goa, it hosts many ed ...

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. As of 2018, it has a population of 3,800.

Etymology

Wadi Talaulim derives its name from

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 ...

, in which ''Talaulim'' means ‘land between three mountains and a river’ while ''Wadi'' is a place where a few farmers and other villagers reside.

Location

A 4-kilometre drive from Ponda brings you into Wadi-Talaulim. It is located 25 kilometres east of the 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 ...

. The village is bordered by

Borim Borim or Bori is a census town in Ponda taluk, Ponda taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India on the banks of Zuari River. It has a land area of 1536.07 acres and has a population of 8,257. The village has a rich history dating bac ...

, Durbhat and Quela on one side and the

Zuari river The Zuari River ''Zuvari,'' pronounced ) is the largest river in the state of Goa, India. It is a tidal river which originates at Hemad-Barshem in the Western Ghats. The Zuari is also referred to as the Aghanashani in the interior regions. It f ...

on the other.

History

Wadi and Talaulim were two separate villages, as they belonged to separate communidades. A few years after the

liberation of Goa The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the Portuguese State of India, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed Forces ...

in 1961, they began being governed by the same panchayat. Both, Wadi and Talaulim have many temples, dedicated to

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deities like Narayan Dev,

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, Shree Bhutnath, Mahalaxmi and Sateri Ladbai. Most residents of Wadi-Talaulim are originally from

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, ...

’s villages of

Loutolim Loutolim or Loutulim (Konkani: ''Lottli'' pronounced:, Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Loutulim'') is a large village of South Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is in the Salcete Talukas of Goa, sub-district. History Accordi ...

Colva Colva () is a coastal village situated in the Salcete ''taluka'', in South Goa district, of Goa state on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent. Colva Beach () spans about along a sandy coastline of approximately extending from Bogma ...

, etc. Nearly 80% of Talaulim's residents can trace their roots to Colva alone. During the initial years after the

Portuguese conquest of Goa The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred when the governor Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1510 from the Sultanate of Bijapur. Old Goa became the capital of Portuguese India, which included territories such as Fort Manuel of Cochin, ...

, many of the residents of the villages of Salcete (which was a part of the

Velhas Conquistas The ''Velhas Conquistas'' or "Old Conquests" are a grouping of the areas in Goa which were incorporated into Portuguese India in the early half of the sixteenth century AD. Goa, Daman and Diu comprised the last remaining Portuguese possessions in ...

) shifted to Talaulim, to escape religious persecution and the mass

Christianization of Goa The indigenous population of the erstwhile Portuguese colony of Goa, Daman and Diu was Christianisation, Christianized following the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510 and the subsequent establishment of the Goan Inquisition. The converts in the ...

. Wadi-Talaulim also has residents from

Canacona Canacona (), historically known as Kanvapura, is a city and a municipal council in the district of South Goa, Goa state, India. The Canacona taluka includes Patnem, Chaudi, Poinguinim, Loliem-Polem, Agonda, and Gaumdongre. Chaudi is the ...

, who shifted here many years after the Velhas Conquistas for a variety of other reasons. Bhatwada, Talsal, Vadem, Camara Bhat, Holi Bhat, Bhedxem, Ladbhai Vaddo, Sokol Vaddo, Voilo Vaddo, Pimpla Bhat, Kasswada, Wade Vaddo, Modle Vaddo, Pursha Bhat etc are the various ''wadde'' (wards) of the village.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census, Camurlim has a population of 2554, with 1% belonging to the Scheduled tribes. About 41% of the population belongs to the

working class The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition. Members of the working class rely primarily upon earnings from wage labour. Most c ...

. The village has a literacy rate of 92%.

References

{{Reflist Villages in South Goa district