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South Goa district is one of two districts that comprises the state of Goa, India, within the region known as the Konkan. It is bounded by North Goa district to the north, the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.

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District of Goa
Location of South Goa district in Goa Red: Velhas Conquistas (old Portuguese conquests) Pink: Novas Conquistas (new Portuguese conquests) Yellow: District Capital
Country	India
State	Goa
Headquarters	Margao
Talukas	Salcete Mormugao Quepem Canacona Sanguem Dharbandora
Government
• District collector	Ruchika Katyal, I.A.S.
• Superintendent of Police	Abhishek Dhania, IPS
• Lok Sabha constituencies	South Goa
• Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Francisco Sardinha (INC)
• Zilla Parishad, Chairperson	Suvarna Tendulkar
Area
• Total	1,966 km2 (759 sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Population  (2011)
• Total	640,537
• Rank	2nd
• Density	330/km2 (840/sq mi)
• Urban	64.59%
Demographics
• Literacy	85.53%
• Sex ratio	980
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN	4032xx ,4034xx, 4036xx, 4037xx,4038xx (South Goa) [1]
Telephone	+91 0832
Vehicle registration	GA-02
Major highways	1.National Highway 66, 2.National Highway 4A
Largest city	Cuncolim (28.7 km²)
Largest city (by population)	Mormugao
Climate	Am (Köppen)
Website	southgoa.nic.in

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

Ruchika Katyal, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, is the collector and district magistrate of South Goa.[2] There are deputy collectors and mamlatdars for each sub Division / taluka.

The headquarters of the district is Margao.[3]

There are 205 revenue villages in South Goa District under 7 Tehsils (sub districts) headed each by the Mamladar.[4]

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.[5]

The district is divided into five subdivisions—Ponda, Mormugao‑Vasco, Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven talukas—Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete (Margao), Quepem, and Canacona (Chaudi), Sanguem, and Dharbandora.

Ponda taluka was shifted from North Goa district to South Goa district in January 2015.

Politics

No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		Remarks
24	Mormugao	Sankalp Amonkar		Indian National Congress		UPA	Elected on Congress ticket On 14 Sep 2022, left Congress and joined BJP[6]
				Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
25	Vasco da Gama	Krishna Salkar		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
26	Dabolim	Mauvin Godinho		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA	Cabinet Minister
27	Cortalim	Antonio Vas		Independent		NDA
28	Nuvem	Aleixo Sequeira		Indian National Congress		UPA	Elected on Congress ticket On 14 Sep 2022, left Congress and joined BJP[6]
				Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
29	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco		Independent		NDA
30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai		Goa Forward Party		UPA
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Indian National Congress		UPA	Elected on Congress ticket On 14 Sep 2022, left Congress and joined BJP[6]
				Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
32	Benaulim	Venzy Viegas		Aam Aadmi Party
33	Navelim	Ulhas Tuenkar		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
34	Cuncolim	Yuri Alemao		Indian National Congress		UPA
35	Velim	Cruz Silva		Aam Aadmi Party
36	Quepem	Altone D'Costa		Indian National Congress		UPA
37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA	Cabinet Minister
38	Sanvordem	Ganesh Gaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
39	Sanguem	Subhash Phal Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA	Cabinet Minister
40	Canacona	Ramesh Tawadkar		Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA	Speaker

Transport

Frequent buses are available between Margao and North Goa.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census South Goa has a population of 6,40,537[7] which is roughly equal to the nation of Montenegro[8] or the US state of Vermont.[9] This gives it a ranking of 515th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 326 inhabitants per square kilometre (840/sq mi). 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 of 85.53%.[7]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1900	181,439	—
1910	180,429	−0.06%
1920	181,455	+0.06%
1931	191,667	+0.50%
1940	204,297	+0.71%
1950	216,574	+0.59%
1960	240,330	+1.05%
1971	336,808	+3.12%
1981	439,728	+2.70%
1991	504,989	+1.39%
2001	589,095	+1.55%
2011	640,537	+0.84%
source:[10]

Language

Konkani is the first language of a majority of the people living in South Goa district. Portuguese is also spoken and understood by a small number of people.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 66.44% of the population in the district spoke Konkani, 12.38% Hindi, 6.45% Marathi, 5.98% Kannada, 3.39% Urdu, 1.00% Malayalam, 0.86% Telugu, 0.55% Bengali, 0.49% Tamil, 0.49% Gujarati, 0.44% Odia and 0.42% English as their first language.[11]

Religion

Hinduism (53%) is followed by the majority of population of South Goa. Christians (36%) form significant minority.[12]

Education

There are many educational institutions in South Goa. The prominent colleges include:

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus in Zuarinagar.
• The Parvatibai Chowgule College[13] in Margao.
• Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law[14] in Margao.
• Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE)[15] in Verna.
• MES College[16] in Vasco da Gama.

References

External links

• South Goa district Website

На других языках

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[de] South Goa

South Goa ist einer der zwei Distrikte im indischen Bundesstaat Goa. Die Fläche beträgt 1966 km². Der Distrikt grenzt an den Distrikt North Goa im Norden, an den Distrikt Uttara Kannada in Karnataka im Osten und an das Arabische Meer im Westen. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Margao.

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- [en] South Goa district

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[ru] Южный Гоа

Ю́жный Го́а (порт. Goa Sul, англ. South Goa) — округ в индийском штате Гоа. Образован 30 мая 1987 года. Административный центр — город Маргао. Площадь округа — 1966 км². По данным всеиндийской переписи 2001 года население округа составляло 589 095 человека. Уровень грамотности взрослого населения составлял 80,1 %, что значительно выше среднеиндийского уровня (59,5 %). Доля городского населения составляла 55,8 %.

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