Salcete
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Salcete
Saxtti/Xaxtti Salcette | |
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Taluka (sub-district) | |
Coordinates: 15°12′45″N 74°04′24″E / 15.212450°N 74.07323°ECoordinates: 15°12′45″N 74°04′24″E / 15.212450°N 74.07323°E | |
Country | India |
State | Goa |
District | South Goa |
Headquarters | Margao |
Settlements (as of 2011) | 2 cities 11 towns 35 villages |
Government | |
• Deputy Collector | Jyoti Kumari, IAS[1] |
• Talukadar[1] | Prataprao Gaunkar |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 294,504 |
Demonym | Saxtticar/Xaxtticar |
PIN | 4036XX, 4037XX |
Vehicle registration | GA-08 |
Salcete (Goan Konkani: साष्टी/षाष्टी, sāṣṭī/ṣāṣṭī ?; Romi Konkani: Saxtti or Xaxtti; Portuguese: Salcette) is a sub-division of South Goa district, Goa state, situated along the south-west coast of India.[3] The Sal river and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete.[4] Historically, the sixty-six villages south of the Zuari river formed the original Salcette territory.[5] Salcete forms a part of the bigger Konkan coastal region thats stretches north–south through most of India's western shoreline.[6]
In erstwhile Portuguese India, the municipality of Salcette concelho located in the Velhas Conquistas (Old Conquests) of Goa was co-terminous with the undivided Salcette territory (Salcete and Mormugao talukas).[7] In 1917, the territory was bifurcated into the present-day talukas.[8] The contemporary Salcete taluka of the civil district of South Goa is a rurban area.[9] Margao serves as the administrative headquarters of both Salcete taluka and the South Goa district.[10]
Etymology[edit]
'Salcete' is the anglicised spelling of the lusitanised version "Salcette" that was derived from the Konkani word "Saxtti" which in turn is a corruption of the Sanskrit word "षट-षष्टि" ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi[lower-alpha 1] meaning "sixty-six".[11] According to Hindu mythology of the Konkan, the original sixty-six settlements of the Salcette territory were established by sixty-six Saraswat Brahmin clans who had emigrated here from northern India.[12] In Konkani, the natives are referred to as Saxtticar or Xaxtticar (साष्टीकार/षाष्टीकार; Sāṣṭīkār/ṣāṣṭīkār; IPA: [/'saːʂʈiːkaːɾ/] / [/'ʂaːʂʈiːkaːɾ/]).[3] The Salcete Konkani dialect of southern Goa known as 'Saxtti' is notably different from the 'Antruzi' (Ponda) and 'Bardescari' (Bardez) dialects of northern Goa.[13]
History[edit]
King Viramarmadeva of the Kadamba dynasty issued a copper-plate inscription in 1049 CE concerning a grant of a piece of land called Tudukapura in Kudtarika agrahara of Chhat sathi desha. This inscription suggests that Chhat sathi refers to modern Salcete, known as Sāshṭi in the local language.[14]
Salcette territory[edit]
The original sixty-six settlements of Salcette are as follows:[15]
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Salcete taluka[edit]
Salcete taluka comprises nine comunidades: Benaulim, Betalbatim, Colva, Curtorim, Loutolim, Margao, Nuvem, Raia, and Verna.
The subdistrict consists of two cities, eleven towns, and thirty-five villages as per the 2011 Census of India.
Salcete Taluka (Census 2011)[2] | ||
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# | Settlements | Population |
Municipal Councils | ||
1. | Margao | 87,650 |
2. | Cuncolim | 16,623 |
Census Towns | ||
1. | Davorlim | 15,350 |
2. | Curtorim | 12,886 |
3. | Navelim | 12,323 |
4. | Benaulim | 11,919 |
5. | Raia | 10,706 |
6. | São José de Areal | 10,229 |
7. | Nuvem | 9,288 |
8. | Chinchinim | 6,908 |
9. | Verna | 6,632 |
10. | Aquem | 6,511 |
11. | Varca | 5,439 |
Villages | ||
1. | Adsulim | 214 |
2. | Ambelim | 2,853 |
3. | Assolna | 3,410 |
4. | Betalbatim | 3,551 |
5. | Calata | 1,739 |
6. | Camurlim | 2,247 |
7. | Cana | 494 |
8. | Carmona | 3,864 |
9. | Cavelossim | 1,955 |
10. | Cavorim | 2,228 |
11 | Chandor | 707 |
12. | Colva | 3,141 |
13. | Deussua | 1,479 |
14. | Dicarpale | 3,057 |
15. | Dramapur | 3,441 |
16. | Duncolim | 748 |
17. | Gandaulim | 438 |
18. | Gonsua | 222 |
19. | Guirdolim | 3,622 |
20. | Loutolim | 6,121 |
21. | Macasana | 1,972 |
22. | Majorda | 2,813 |
23. | Mulem | 2,799 |
24. | Nagoa | 3,873 |
25. | Orlim | 2,049 |
26. | Paroda | 620 |
27. | Rachol | 1,686 |
28. | Sarzora | 2,270 |
29. | Seraulim | 3,250 |
30. | Sernabatim | 1,548 |
31. | Sirlim | 845 |
32. | Talaulim | 2,911 |
33. | Utorda | 2,018 |
34. | Vanelim | 1,860 |
35. | Velim | 5,955 |
Total | 2,94,504 |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Founded by the immigrant Brahmins (circa 4–12 CE), Salcette is the Portuguese corruption of the word Sāṣaṭī, the sixty-six settlements.[16]
Citations[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210325183859/https://southgoa.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chandramouli, C. (2015) [2010–11]. "Salcete Taluka — South Goa". Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Government of India. Census Organization of India. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sequeira, Newton (21 December 2014). "The true soul of Goa's South". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ Nambirajan, M. (2007). Coastal Archaeology of Western India: With Special Reference to Goa. Kaveri Books. p. 134. ISBN 9788174790798.
- ↑ Rodrigues 1990, p. 231
- ↑ Halarnakar, Tanaji D. (1990). Gram Panchayats in Goa: A Critical Study. Rajhauns Vitaran. p. 48.
- ↑ Pandit, Heta; Mascarenhas, Annabel; Koshy, Ashok; Dalvi, Sunita (1999). Houses of Goa (2, illustrated ed.). Architecture Autonomous. p. 15.
- ↑ Pinho, Vasco (2007). "Snapshots" of Indo-Portuguese history, Volume 1. p. 122.
- ↑ Deshpande, Abhijeet. "Exploring Salcete, places near Margao". Indiatimes.com. The Times Group. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ Deshpande, Abhijeet. "Margao, the cultural capital of Goa". Indiatimes.com. The Times Group. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ Macdonell, Arthur Anthony (1929). A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press. p. 168.
- ↑ De Souza, Teotonio R. (1990). De Souza, Teotonio R. (ed.). Goa Through th Ages: An Economic History, Volume II, Issue VI. Goa University Publication. Concept Publishing Company. p. 6. ISBN 9788170222590.
- ↑ Fernandes, Joaquim (15 February 2010). "Saxtti dialect draws the laughs on Konkani stage". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ Kadamb 2013, pp. 1–14
- ↑ Rodrigues 1990, p. 245
- ↑ Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand (1962). Myth and Reality: Studies in the Formation of Indian Culture (reprint ed.). Popular Prakashan. p. 169. ISBN 9788171548705.
References[edit]
- Kadamb, S. G. (2013). Sources of History of the Kadambas of Goa: Inscriptions (First ed.). Broadway Publishing House. pp. 1–14. ISBN 9789380837314.
- Rodrigues, L. A. (1990). "The Peninsula of Salcete". In Kusuman, K. K. (ed.). A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume. Mittal Publications. pp. 231–246. ISBN 9788170992141.
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