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fixed structure after review for clarity

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = North Goa district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Goa|District of Goa]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name = Ut'tor Gõy Zila
| image_map = North_Goa_Political_Map.png
| map_caption = Location of North Goa within Goa<br>Red: [[Velhas Conquistas]] regions<br>Pink: [[Novas Conquistas]] regions
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Panaji
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Goa government banner.png}} [[Goa]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = N/A
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Panaji]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Taluka]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = {{olist |[[Tiswadi]] |[[Bardez]] |[[Pernem taluk|Pernem]] |[[Bicholim taluk|Bicholim]] |[[Sattari]] |[[Ponda taluk|Ponda]]}}
| area_total_km2 = 1,736
| area_rank = [[List of districts of Goa|2nd]]
| area_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| elevation_max_m = 1166
| elevation_max_point =  [[Sonsogor]]
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 818,008
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 60.28%<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/180-north-goa.html|title=North Goa District Population Census 2011–2019, Goa literacy sex ratio and density|website= Indian Census 2011|access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref>
| population_rank = [[List of districts of Goa|1st]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demography
| demographics1_title1 = Language <ref name="census2011-langreport"/>
| demographics1_info1 = [[Konkani Language|Konkani]]
| demographics1_title2 = Religion (2011)<ref name="Religion"/>
| demographics1_info2 = {{unbulleted list|76.06% [[Hinduism]]|16.04% [[Christianity]]|7.08% [[Islam]]|0.26% [[Religion in Goa|Others]]}}
| demographics_type2 = Human Development
| demographics2_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics2_info1 = 89.57
| demographics2_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics2_info2 = 963
| leader_title2 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)|North Goa]]
| leader_title3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| leader_name3 = [[Shripad Naik]] ([[BJP]])
| leader_title4 = [[District council (India)|Zilla Parishad, Chairperson]]
| leader_name4 = Kartik Kudnekar
| leader_title = [[District collector]]
| leader_name = Ajit Roy, [[Indian Administrative Service|I.A.S.]]
| leader_title1 = [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name1 = Shobit Saksena, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 4030xx, 4031xx, 4032xx, 4034xx, 4035xx
| area_code = +91 0832
| area_code_type = Telephone
| blank1_name_sec1 = Largest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Panaji]] ({{convert|21.01|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}})
| blank2_name_sec1 = Largest city (by population)
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Mapusa]]
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#Goa|GA]]-01
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Tropical monsoon climate|Am]] {{small|([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])}}
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = {{convert|320|cm|mm|abbr=on}} (June–September)
| website = {{URL|https://northgoa.gov.in}}
}}

'''North Goa district''' is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of [[Goa]], India. The district has an area of {{convert|1736|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=off}}, and is bounded by [[Kolhapur district|Kolhapur]] and [[Sindhudurg district|Sindhudurg]] districts of [[Maharashtra]] state to the north and by [[Belgavi district]] of [[Karnataka]] to the east, by [[South Goa district]] to the south, and by the [[Arabian Sea]] to the west.

==Historical background==
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At the advent of the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] in AD 1510, all of today's northern territories ([[Tiswadi|Ilhas]], [[Bardez]], [[Pernem]], [[Bicholim]], [[Ponda taluka|Antruz]], and [[Sattari]]) were part of the [[Bijapur Sultanate]]. Ilhas and Bardez were annexed by [[Portugal]] after their successful conquest and the region is now called ''[[Velhas Conquistas]]'' (Old Conquests). After the fall of the [[Deccan sultanates]] and rise of the [[Marathas]] in the late 1600s, the remaining region eventually fell under the control of the Maratha [[Sawantwadi State|Kingdom of Sawantwadi]] until AD 1783. These territories were seen as safe haven for the Hindus, Muslims and new-Christians who fled the Portuguese Inquisition taking place in Goa. These territories were acquired by Portuguese as part of ''[[Novas Conquistas]]'' (New Conquest) in the late 18th centuries. They remained with the Portuguese till 1961 when they were annexed by India.

Goa and two other former Portuguese enclaves became the [[union territory]] of Goa, Daman, and Diu, and Goa was organized into a single district in 1965. On 30 May 1987, Goa attained [[states and territories of India|statehood]] (while [[Daman and Diu]] remained a union territory), and Goa was reorganized into two districts, North Goa and South Goa.

=== Portuguese in Goa (1510–1961) ===

==== Advent of Portuguese (1498) ====
Lured by the thrill of discovery and goaded by the prospect of seeking Christians and spices Portugal embarked on perilous voyages to the Orient which culminated in Bartholomew Dias’ trip around the Cape of Good Hope. This spectacular breakthrough opened new vistas. A decade later Vasco Da Gama set off eastwards and in AD 1498 landed in Calicut and broke the Arab monopoly of trade.

==== Estado Da India (1510) ====
Fired with the dream of establishing an Eastern Empire for Portugal, Afonso De Albuquerque, Governor-General of Goa, set to acquire strategic centers also the trade route. At the invitation of the Admiral of the Vijayanagar’s fleet, he occupied Goa with little initial opposition. Though temporarily routed, he triumphantly regained possession of the city on 25 November 1510, and kneeling in the public square he dedicated Goa to St. Catherine whose feast was on that day.

In 1530 Goa became the capital of the Portuguese Empire in the East and mistress of the sea from the Cape of Good Hope to the China Sea.

==== Saint Francis Xavier (1542–1552) ====
The arrival in AD 1542 of a young Spanish nobleman turned Jesuit, with a brilliant background of academic learning, created an impact that was tremendous. His compassion for the weak and the downtrodden, his dynamic zeal and his innate holiness edified many. Two years after his death in AD 1552, the incorrupt body of the saint was enshrined in Goa. It continued to attract pilgrims from all over the world even to this day.

==== India's first printing press (1556) ====
The first printing press of moveable types in the whole of India printed ''Doutrina Christa'' written by Francis Xavier & Garcia de Orta called ''Colloquios Dos Simples Drogos Medicinais'' and an early work of the poet Luis De Camoes entitled ''Os Disparates Da India''.

=== Indian Incersions (1946–1961) ===

==== Jai Hind Movement (1946) ====
To intensify the flickering torch of freedom, the Indian Socialist leader, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, courted arrest on 18 June 1946 by defiantly addressing a mammoth meeting in Goa.

In August 1946, at Londa on the border, a mass meeting of Goan nationalist workers charted out a plan of non-violent action. To express the peoples’s longing for freedom, satyagrahas were launched till the year ended in different parts of the Portuguese enclaves and resulted in 1500 Goans being imprisoned and the ring leaders deported.

==== Goa Action Committee (1953) ====
After the French withdrawal from India, a futile attempt was made by the Government of India to negotiate with Portugal for a peaceful transfer of its possession to the Indian Union. Consequently, the Goa Action Committee was formed in Bombay to awaken sympathy for its cause within the country and abroad.

==== Operation Vijaya (1961) ====
In 1958 all parties amalgamated under the banner of Goan Political Convention presided over by Professor Aloysius Soares.

In a carefully planned action by Armed forces, the Government of India entered Goa. Scant resistance was offered and on December 1961 with hardly any bloodshed, Goa was liberated from the Portuguese to remove the last vestiges of foreign domination in India.

==Geography==
Its geographical position is marked by 15° 48′ 00″ N to 14° 53′ 54″ N latitudes and 73° E to 75° E longitudes

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Panaji (1971–1990)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 36.6
|Feb record high C = 39.2
|Mar record high C = 39.0
|Apr record high C = 39.8
|May record high C = 38.6
|Jun record high C = 35.9
|Jul record high C = 32.3
|Aug record high C = 34.0
|Sep record high C = 33.2
|Oct record high C = 37.2
|Nov record high C = 37.2
|Dec record high C = 36.6
|year record high C = 39.8
|Jan high C = 32.0
|Feb high C = 31.7
|Mar high C = 32.2
|Apr high C = 33.1
|May high C = 33.4
|Jun high C = 30.3
|Jul high C = 29.1
|Aug high C = 28.7
|Sep high C = 29.8
|Oct high C = 31.8
|Nov high C = 32.9
|Dec high C = 32.7
|year high C = 31.5
|Jan mean C = 26.0
|Feb mean C = 26.3
|Mar mean C = 27.7
|Apr mean C = 29.3
|May mean C = 30.0
|Jun mean C = 27.6
|Jul mean C = 26.7
|Aug mean C = 26.4
|Sep mean C = 26.9
|Oct mean C = 27.9
|Nov mean C = 27.6
|Dec mean C = 26.9
|year mean C = 27.4
|Jan low C = 19.9
|Feb low C = 20.7
|Mar low C = 23.2
|Apr low C = 25.5
|May low C = 26.5
|Jun low C = 24.8
|Jul low C = 24.3
|Aug low C = 24.0
|Sep low C = 24.0
|Oct low C = 23.9
|Nov low C = 22.2
|Dec low C = 21.0
|year low C = 23.3
|Jan record low C = 14.4
|Feb record low C = 13.3
|Mar record low C = 17.5
|Apr record low C = 19.4
|May record low C = 20.9
|Jun record low C = 20.9
|Jul record low C = 20.5
|Aug record low C = 21.7
|Sep record low C = 21.0
|Oct record low C = 20.0
|Nov record low C = 15.3
|Dec record low C = 15.7
|year record low C = 13.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 0
|Feb precipitation mm = 0
|Mar precipitation mm = 1
|Apr precipitation mm = 5
|May precipitation mm = 56
|Jun precipitation mm = 861
|Jul precipitation mm = 853
|Aug precipitation mm = 622
|Sep precipitation mm = 237
|Oct precipitation mm = 111
|Nov precipitation mm = 35
|Dec precipitation mm = 2
|year precipitation mm = 2813
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
|Jan rain days = 0.0
|Feb rain days = 0.1
|Mar rain days = 0.1
|Apr rain days = 0.6
|May rain days = 3.8
|Jun rain days = 24.0
|Jul rain days = 28.2
|Aug rain days = 27.2
|Sep rain days = 14.9
|Oct rain days = 6.6
|Nov rain days = 3.5
|Dec rain days = 0.3
|year rain days = 109.3
|Jan humidity = 67
|Feb humidity = 69
|Mar humidity = 71
|Apr humidity = 71
|May humidity = 71
|Jun humidity = 85
|Jul humidity = 88
|Aug humidity = 89
|Sep humidity = 86
|Oct humidity = 80
|Nov humidity = 70
|Dec humidity = 64
|year humidity = 76
|Jan sun = 311.8
|Feb sun = 290.2
|Mar sun = 291.0
|Apr sun = 289.0
|May sun = 296.5
|Jun sun = 125.1
|Jul sun = 105.7
|Aug sun = 122.1
|Sep sun = 177.1
|Oct sun = 247.7
|Nov sun = 272.6
|Dec sun = 299.3
|year sun = 2828.1
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IN/43192.TXT
| title = Goa (Panjim) Climate Normals 1971-1990
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = 15 April 2015}}</ref>
|source 2 = India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)<ref name=IMD2>{{cite web
|url=http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext2010.pdf
|title=Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010
|publisher=India Meteorological Department
|access-date=15 April 2015
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6GmnoaB0m?url=http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext2010.pdf
|archive-date=21 May 2013
}}</ref>
|date=November 2010}}

==Administration==
The administrative headquarters of the district is [[Panaji]], which is also the capital of the state of Goa. The district forms part of a greater region called the [[Konkan]]. Ms Meenaka, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], is the [[District Collector]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://northgoa.nic.in/collector.htm|title=Collector, North Goa District Website, Panaji | website=northgoa.nic.in|access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref>

The district is divided into three subdivisions — Panaji, [[Mapusa]], and [[Bicholim]]; and five ''[[Tehsil|talukas]]'' —[[Tiswadi]] (Panaji), [[Bardez]] ([[Mapusa]]), [[Pernem]], [[Bicholim]], and [[Sattari]] ([[Valpoi]]).

[[Ponda taluka]] moved from North Goa to South Goa in January 2015.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1900|12=294074|13=1910|14=306323|15=1920|16=288039|17=1930|18=313614|19=1940|20=336628|21=1950|22=330874|23=1960|24=349667|25=1971|26=458312|27=1981|28=568021|29=1991|30=664804|31=2001|32=758573|33=2011|34=818008|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref>|align=right}}

=== Population ===
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] North Goa has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 8,18,008<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php|title=District Census 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|year=2011|publisher=Census2011.co.in}}</ref> which is roughly equal to the nation of [[Comoros]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web|author=US Directorate of Intelligence|title=Country Comparison:Population|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html|access-date=1 October 2011|quote=Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=South Dakota 814,180 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225031104/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=25 December 2010 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 480th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert|471|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.8%. North Goa has a [[sex ratio]] of 959 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 88.85%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

=== Language ===

{{Pie chart
| thumb = left
| caption = Languages North Goa (2011)
| label1 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]]
| value1 = 65.86
| color1 = red
| label2 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| value2 = 14.36
| color2 = orange
| label3 = [[Hindi]]
| value3 = 8.65
| color3 = salmon
| label4 = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| value4 = 3.62
| color4 = skyblue
| label5 = [[Urdu]]
| value5 = 2.89
| color5 = green
| label6 = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| value6 = 0.92
| color6 = blue
| label7 = Others
| value7 = 3.7
| color7 = grey
}}

[[Konkani language|Konkani]] is the mother tongue of a majority of the people living in North Goa district. [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is also spoken and understood by a small number of people.

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 65.86% of the population in the district spoke [[Konkani language|Konkani]], 14.36% [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 8.65% [[Hindi]], 3.62% [[Kannada]], 2.39% [[Urdu]], 0.86% [[English language|English]], 0.80% [[Malayalam]], 0.68% [[Telugu language|Telugu]], 0.47% [[Tamil language|Tamil]], 0.46% [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and 0.43% [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as their first language.<ref name="census2011-langreport">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Goa |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3000.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
{{bar box
| title = Religion in North Goa district<ref name="Religion"/>
| titlebar = #Fcd116
| left1 = Religion
| right1 = Percent
| float = right
| bars =
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|76.06}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|blue|16.04}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|7.08}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|0.26}}
| caption = Distribution of religions<br/>
{{small|Source: 2011 Census.}}
}}

[[Hinduism]] (76%) is followed by the majority of population of North Goa. [[Christians]] (16%) form significant minority.<ref name="Religion" >{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW30C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref>

== Tourism ==
[[File:Candolim Beach Goa.jpg|thumb|Candolim Beach Goa]]
[[File:Fort Aguada Light House .jpg|thumb|Fort Aguada Light House]]
North Goa is known for its beaches, which include Anjuna Beach, [[Candolim Beach]], [[Mandrem Beach]], [[Calangute Beach]], Morjim Beach, and Arambol Beach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillipose |first1=Susan |title=How to spend a day near Morjim Beach in North Goa |url=https://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/beyond-kerala/2019/12/28/peaceful-morjim-beach-north-goa-trip-what-to-do.html |access-date=31 December 2019 |work=OnManorama |date=29 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Other tourist sites include [[Fort Aguada]], The church of Mae De Deus and the temple of Boghdeshwara.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Things to Do in North Goa District 2017 - Must-See Attractions in North Goa District, India {{!}} TripAdvisor|url=https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attractions-g12412660-Activities-North_Goa_District_Goa.html|website=www.tripadvisor.in|access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref> [[Chorão (island)|Chorao]], [[Divar|Divar Island]] are islands of North Goa which are accessible via a ferry crossing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menezes |first1=Vivek |title=Travel Special: Ilhas de Goa |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/gFtyYLgxQDaZ0MgRHaLQfJ/Travel-Special-Ilhas-de-Goa.html |access-date=30 March 2020 |work=Livemint |date=10 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://northgoa.nic.in/ North Goa District Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219223718/http://northgoa.nic.in/ |date=19 December 2011 }}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = North Goa district
|North = [[Sindhudurg district]], [[Maharashtra]]
|Northeast =[[Sindhudurg district]], [[Maharashtra]]
|East = [[Belgaum district]], [[Karnataka]]
|Southeast = [[Uttara Kannada district]], [[Karnataka]]
|South = [[South Goa]]
|Southwest =''[[Arabian Sea]]''
|West = ''[[Arabian Sea]]''
|Northwest =''[[Arabian Sea]]''
}}

{{Goa topics}}

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North Goa district - Revision history

Gurushivam: fixed structure after review for clarity

->Sanfy at 07:09, 3 January 2022