Goa Information Blog

One third of Goa is covered by forests, the actual number being 1424.38Sqkms. Of this the Government owns 1224.38Sqkms, the rest ( approx 200Sqkm ) is held by the private sector.

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The state of Goa is the 25th state of the Union Union and has a legislative assembly with a strength of 40 elected members. Goa also has 3 elected members to the Parliament in New Delhi. The Governor is the official head of state and is appointed by the President of India. The Chief Minister heads the council of ministers and is democratically elected and forms the government and is responsible for policies of the government during his reign.

For administrative purposes Goa is divided into two districts- North Goa and South Goa with headquarters at Panaji and Margao respectively together with six divisions and a further sub-divided into 11-talukas, which are as follows:

Ilhas
Bardez
Salcete
Ponda
Mormugao
Bicholim
Sattari
Pernem
Quepem
Sanguem
Canacona

The Talukas comprise of towns and villages, most of which have their own governing body-the Panchayat. Some towns also have municipal councils. The most recent statistics put the total number of villages in Goa to be 383 with a total of of 188 village panchayats. There are 31 towns with about 14 municipal councils.

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Goa’s total population is around 1,169,793 (1991 census of India) The density of population is 316 per SqKms. Most of Goa’s population is rural ( 690,041), a significant population is however urban ( 479,752).
Hindus account for a little more than 64.68 per cent of the total population, Christians (Roman Catholics) nearly 29.86 per cent and Muslims 5.25 percent of the population. The remaining 1.21 percent comprise of other religions including Buddhism, Jainism, Sikh etc. The scheduled castes amount to 2 per cent of the population. There are no scheduled tribes in Goa.

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The state of Goa is located between Latitudes 15 degrees, 48′00″ N and between 14 degrees, 53′54″ N and Longitudes 74degrees, 20′13″ E and 73 degrees 40″ 33″ E. It is 1,022 meters above sea-level

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English, Portuguese, Konkani, Hindi and Marathi.
It has a literacy rate of 77%.

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