Goa District Factbook™ South Goa District (Key Socio-economic Data of South Goa District, Goa) January, 2018 Editor & Director Dr. R.K. Thukral Research Editor Dr. Shafeeq Rahman Compiled, Researched and Published by Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. D-100, 1st Floor, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I, New Delhi-110020. Ph.: 91-11-43580781, 26810964-65-66 Email :
[email protected] Website : www.districtsofindia.com Online Book Store : www.datanetindia-ebooks.com Also available at : Report No.: DFB/GA-586-0118 ISBN : 978-93-86683-81-6 First Edition : January, 2017 Second Edition : January, 2018 Price : Rs. 7500/- US$ 200 © 2018 Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical photocopying, photographing, scanning, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. Please refer to Disclaimer & Terms of Use at page no. 197 for the use of this publication. Printed in India South Goa District at a Glance District came into Existence 30th May, 1987 District Headquarter Margao Distance from State Capital 35 Kms. Geographical Area (In Square km.) 1,966 (Ranks 1st in State and 500th in India) Wastelands Area (In Square km.) 223.08 (2008-2009) Total Number of Households 1,43,728 Population 6,40,537 (Persons), 3,22,463 (Males), 3,18,074 (Females) (Ranks 2nd in State and 515th in India) Population Growth Rate (2001- 8.73 (Persons), 7.94 (Males), 9.55 (Females) 2011) Number of Sub Sub-districts (05), Towns (23) and Villages (140) Districts/Towns/Villages Forest Cover (2015) 66.12% of Total Geographical Area Percentage of Urban/Rural 64.59 (Urban), 35.41 (Rural) Population Administrative Language Konkani Principal Languages (2001) Konkani (65.10%), Marathi (10.52%), Hindi (7.15%), Kannada (7.03%), Urdu (4.77%), Malayalam (1.28%) and Others (0.11%) Population Density 326 (Persons per Sq.