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| subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]<br />
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| subdivision_name2 = North Goa<br />
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| postal_code = 403503<br />
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'''Moitem''' (मोइतेम) is a small village situated in the [[Bardez]] sub-district or ''taluka'' of [[Goa]], which lies along the west-coast of [[India]]. It is in the vicinity of the [[Assonora]] water treatment plant, which caters to the water needs of much of [[North Goa]].<br />
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==Area, population, literacy==<br />
Moitem is spread over 88.52 hectares, and has 190 households, with a population of 860 Of these, 420 are male and 440 are female.<ref name="Census">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Census of India, 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. District Census Handbook. Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract.|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Goa|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=102-3}}</ref> A total of 73 children are in the zero-to-six age group. Some 714 persons (374 males and 340 females) are literate in the village.<ref name="Census" /><br />
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==Location==<br />
Mahindra Holidays chairman Arun Nanda has been quoted as describing their resort in 2016 in the locality as being on a greenfield site, in "Assonora is in Goa which is a very beautiful resort. It is over nearly 50 acres of land, it will be a very different experience something Indian tourist have not seen before. Totally family focused."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Higher upgrades aiding average realisations: Mahindra Holidays|url=httpd://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/higher-upgrades-aiding-average-realisations-mahindra-holidays-963689.html|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><br />
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==RTI case==<br />
Moitem village was in the news in May 2019, when additional collector and appellate authority Dasharat Redkar ruled in a Right to Information case that citizens would no longer have to pay "exorbitant fees" -- of Rs 51 per photocopied page -- when seeking documents pertaining to the Goa government's revenue department under the Right to Information Act.<ref name="RTI">{{Cite web|last=May 28|first=TNN /|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=04:17|title=RTI documents to no longer cost citizens Rs 51 per page {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rti-documents-to-no-longer-cost-citizens-rs-51-per-page/articleshow/69528641.cms|access-date=2020-10-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
This case was filed by Swapnesh Sherlekar over from agricultural to non-agricultural, in Moitem village of Bardez, for commercial purposes by the Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Limited.<ref name="RTI" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in North Goa district]]<br />
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