Goa key statics
Capital: panaji
Area: 3702 sq km
population: 1347668
population density: 362 per sq km
languages: konkani, kannada, marathi
sex ratio: 960 females per 1000 males
literacy rate: 82%
Goa Geography
Goa located on the konkan coast of india, it has about 130 km coastline.goa has partly hilly terrain, with the western ghats rising nearly 1200 m in some regions of the state. the terekhol rever separate goa and maharashtra. karnataka stale located in the southern part of goa.the western region is occupied by arabian sea. western ghats are seen at eastern part of goa.the island of goa located in between the mouth of zuari and mandovi rivers. the goa island is in a triangular shape, with a cape in the form of a rocky headline that will separate the goa harbor into two parts-aguada on the north and mormugao on the south.
Climate in Goa
during summer the temperature is vary from 24 degree C to 32 degree C . winter temperature vary from 21 to 32 degree C . the annual rain fall is about 3100 mm. the heavy rainfall occurs at monsoon season, june to september.
Rivers in Goa: Mandovi, Zuari
Goa culture
Goa is very much popular for its foke dances like mando, dhalo, corridinho and folk art forms like khell, tiatro, and jagar perani. it is well popular for rose wood and teak furnitures, brass items, terracotta figurines and jewelleries . foke paintings of goa manily depict story of mahabharatha and ramayana. goa is an important centre of konkini literature
Goa History
Goa first appers in the puranas as govapuri, gove and gomant. the arab geopraphres called it as sindabur. the portuguese calles as velha goa. Kakamba Dynasty ruled goa during 2 centuary AD. the muslim invaders of the deccan held sway between 1312 and 1370., after this it was under the control of vijayanagar rulers. the vijayangar rulers defeated by Bhamani dynasty during 1440. during 1442 goa is in the hands of Yusuf Adil Khan the king of Bijapur. During this time the portuguese came into india.In 1510 the city sorrenderd to the portuguese under Afonso De Albuquerque. Goa was the firt terrotorial possession of the portuguese in India. later goa became the capital of entire portuguese empire in east. during 1639 dutch replaced portugurese. in 1683 mughal army saved it from the capture of maratha. In 1809 the brittish compani arrived at Goa. during the time of indipendance goa is a portuguese colony. in 1961 indian army seized goa from portuguese. Goa remains as a seperate union territory. the first chief minister of goa was Pratapsingh Rane.
Educational institutions in Goa
goa university, National institute of ocenography, national institute of water sports, goa institute of management, indian council of agircultural research.
Economy Agriculture and Industry in Goa
Economy: the net state domestic product at current prizes was Rs 8590 crores. the per capita ner state domestic product at current prices was Rs 55. Goa has the highest per capita income in India.
Agriculture: the main agricutlure crops are rice, millers, pulses, coconuts, cashewnuts etc.
Industry: goa have about 5000 small size industrial units . the main mineral resouces of the states includes iron ore, bauxite,and ferro mananese.
Main party in Goa
indian national congress, bharatiya janatha party, united gomantwadi democratic party, nationalist congress party, save goa front etc.
Tourism in Goa
Major attracions in goa: Colva beach, calagute beach , paula beach ,miramar beach, palolem beach, anjuna beach, vagator beach, basillica of born jesus, agonda beach, dudhsagar water falls, agura fort,cathredral church of st francis of assisi.
National parks in Goa: mollem national park, bhagwan mahvir national park
Aiports in Goa: mormugao, and goa international airport.
