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{{Short description|Taluka in Southern Goa, India}}
#REDIRECT [[Salcete taluka]]
{{distinguish|Salsette island}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Salcete
| native_name                = ''Saxtti''/''Xaxtti''
| other_name                = Salcette
| settlement_type          = [[Tehsil|Taluka]] (sub-district)
|image_skyline          = File:Salcete_scenery.jpg
|image_alt              = Idyllic scenery
|image_caption          = Salcete countryside
| image_map                      = Salcette_taluka_in_South_Goa_district.png
| map_caption                    = Location of Salcete in South Goa, Goa
| coordinates                    = {{coord|15.212450|N|74.07323|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name              = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1              = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2              = [[Administrative divisions of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1              = [[Goa]]
| subdivision_name2              = [[South Goa district|South Goa]]
| seat_type                      = Headquarters
| seat                              = [[Margao]]
| parts_type                    = Settlements (as of 2011)
| parts_style                  = para
| p1                                = 2 cities <br/> 11 towns <br/> 35 villages
| leader_title                  = [[Deputy Collector]]
| leader_name              = Jyoti Kumari, IAS<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20210325183859/https://southgoa.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/</ref>
| leader_title1                  = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]
| population_total                = 2,94,504
| population_as_of                = 2011
| population_demonym        = ''Saxtticar''/''Xaxtticar''
| leader_title2                  = [[Vidhan Sabha|Assembly constituency]]
| leader_title3                  = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_title4= [[Tehsildar|Talukadar]]<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20210325183859/https://southgoa.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/</ref>
| leader_name4 = Prataprao Gaunkar
| official_name                  =
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="sal"/>
| registration_plate      = [[List of RTO districts in India#Goa|GA]]-08
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code                    = 4036XX, 4037XX
}}
 
'''Salcete''' ({{indic|lang= gom |indic= साष्टी/षाष्टी |trans= sāṣṭī/ṣāṣṭī}}; [[Romi Konkani]]:&nbsp;''Saxtti'' or ''Xaxtti''; {{lang-pt|Salcette}}) is a sub-division of [[South Goa district]], [[Goa]] state, situated along the south-west coast of [[India]].<ref name="Xax">
{{cite news
| last        = Sequeira
| first        = Newton
| date        = 21 December 2014
| title        = The true soul of Goa's South
| url          = https://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/The-true-soul-of-Goas-South/articleshow/45589608.cms
| work        = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date  = 16 April 2020
}}
</ref> The [[Sal River (India)|Sal river]] and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete.<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Nambirajan
| first = M.
| date = 2007
| title = Coastal Archaeology of Western India: With Special Reference to Goa
| page = 134
| publisher = Kaveri Books
| isbn = 9788174790798
}}
</ref> Historically, the sixty-six villages south of the [[Zuari River|Zuari river]] formed the original Salcette territory.<ref>Rodrigues 1990, p. 231</ref> Salcete forms a part of the bigger [[Konkan]] coastal region thats stretches north–south through most of India's western shoreline.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gram Panchayats in Goa: A Critical Study|last=Halarnakar|first=Tanaji D.|publisher=Rajhauns Vitaran|year=1990|page=48}}</ref>
 
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 taluka]]s).<ref>{{cite book|title=Houses of Goa|last1=Pandit|first1=Heta|last2=Mascarenhas|first2=Annabel|last3=Koshy|first3=Ashok|last4=Dalvi|first4=Sunita|date=1999|publisher=Architecture Autonomous|edition=2, illustrated|page=15}}</ref> In 1917, the territory was bifurcated into the present-day talukas.<ref name="mmg">
{{cite book
| last = Pinho
| first = Vasco
| date = 2007
| title = "Snapshots" of Indo-Portuguese history, Volume 1
| page = 122
}}
</ref> The contemporary Salcete taluka of the civil district of [[South Goa district|South Goa]] is a [[rurban]] area.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/Exploring-Salcete-places-near-Margao/gs51976512.cms
| title = Exploring Salcete, places near Margao
| last = Deshpande
| first = Abhijeet
| website = [[Indiatimes.com]]
| publisher = [[The Times Group]]
| access-date = 30 November 2019
}}
</ref> [[Margao]] serves as the administrative headquarters of both Salcete taluka and the South Goa district.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/margao/travel-guide/margao-the-cultural-capital-of-goa/amp_guideshow/51893878.cms
| title = Margao, the cultural capital of Goa
| last = Deshpande
| first = Abhijeet
| website =[[Indiatimes.com]]
| publisher = [[The Times Group]]
| access-date = 30 November 2019
}}
</ref>
 
== Etymology ==
'Salcete' is the [[Anglicism|anglicised]] spelling of the [[Lusitania|lusitanised]] version "Salcette" that was derived from the [[Konkani language|Konkani]] word "Saxtti" which in turn is a corruption of the [[Sanskrit]] word "{{lang|sa|षट-षष्टि}}"&nbsp;''ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi''{{efn|name=fn1}} meaning "sixty-six".<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Macdonell
| first = Arthur Anthony
| title = A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout
| location = [[London]]
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| date = 1929
| page = [https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/macdonell_query.py?page=168&display=romutfdef 168]
}}
</ref> 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]].<ref>
{{cite book
| last = De Souza
| first = Teotonio R.
| editor-last = De Souza
| editor-first = Teotonio R.
| title = Goa Through th Ages: An Economic History, Volume II, Issue VI
| series = Goa University Publication
| page = 6
| date = 1990
| publisher = Concept Publishing Company
| isbn = 9788170222590
}}
</ref> In [[Konkani]], the natives are referred to as ''Saxtticar'' or ''Xaxtticar'' ({{lang|gom|साष्टीकार}}/{{lang|gom|षाष्टीकार}}; {{transl|gom|Sāṣṭīkār/ṣāṣṭīkār}}; <small>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]:</small>&nbsp;{{IPA|[/'saːʂʈiːkaːɾ/]}} / {{IPA|[/'ʂaːʂʈiːkaːɾ/]}}).<ref name="Xax"/> The Salcete Konkani dialect of southern Goa known as 'Saxtti' is notably different from the 'Antruzi' ([[Ponda taluka|Ponda]]) and 'Bardescari' ([[Bardez]]) dialects of northern Goa.<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Fernandes
| first = Joaquim
| date = 15 February 2010
| title = Saxtti dialect draws the laughs on Konkani stage
| url = https://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/Saxtti-dialect-draws-the-laughs-on-Konkani-stage/articleshow/5574578.cms
| work = [[The Times of India]]
| publisher = [[The Times Group]]
| access-date = 30 November 2019
}}
</ref>
 
== History ==
King Viramarmadeva of the [[Kadamba dynasty]] issued a [[Indian copper plate inscriptions|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.<ref>
Kadamb 2013, pp. 1&ndash;14
</ref>
 
== Salcette territory ==
The original sixty-six settlements of Salcette are as follows:<ref>Rodrigues 1990, p. 245</ref>
 
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
<ol start="1">
<li> Sernabatim </li>
<li> Vanelim </li>
<li> Colva </li>
<li> Seraulim </li>
<li> Gandaulim </li>
<li> Duncolim </li>
<li> Betalbatim </li>
<li> Nuvem </li>
<li> Calata </li>
<li> Gonsua </li>
<li> Majorda </li>
</ol>
{{col-break}}
<ol start="12">
<li> Utorda </li>
<li> Nagoa </li>
<li> Verna </li>
<li> Loutulim </li>
<li> Camurlim </li>
<li> Ambora </li>
<li> Raia </li>
<li> Rachol </li>
<li> Curtorim </li>
<li> Nesai </li>
<li> Macasana </li>
</ol>
{{col-break}}
<ol start="23">
<li> Guirdolim </li>
<li> Chandor </li>
<li> Cavorim </li>
<li> Paroda </li>
<li> Mulem </li>
<li> Sarzora </li>
<li> Talvorda </li>
<li> Veroda </li>
<li> Cuncolim </li>
<li> Betul </li>
<li> Velim </li>
</ol>
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
<ol start="34">
<li> Ambelim </li>
<li> Assolna </li>
<li> Cavelossim </li>
<li> Chinchinim </li>
<li> Deussua </li>
<li> Carmona </li>
<li> Orlim </li>
<li> Varca </li>
<li> Sirlim </li>
<li> Dramapur </li>
<li> Dicarpale </li>
</ol>
{{col-break}}
<ol start="45">
<li> Davorlim </li>
<li> Aquem </li>
<li> Telaulim </li>
<li> Navelim </li>
<li> Margao </li>
<li> Benaulim </li>
<li> Adsuli </li>
<li> Cana </li>
<li> Mormugao </li>
<li> Vadem </li>
<li> Chicalim </li>
</ol>
{{col-break}}
<ol start="56">
<li> Dabolim </li>
<li> Sancoale </li>
<li> Cortalim </li>
<li> Quelossim </li>
<li> Cuelim </li>
<li> Arossim </li>
<li> Cansaulim </li>
<li> Velsao </li>
<li> Pale </li>
<li> Issorcim </li>
<li> Chilcona </li>
</ol>
{{col-end}}
 
== Salcete taluka ==
[[File:Rural Goa home environs.jpg|thumb|right|Environs typical of houses in rural Salcete]]
Salcete taluka comprises nine [[Comunidades of Goa|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]].
 
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Salcete Taluka (Census 2011)<ref name="sal">
{{Cite web
| last = Chandramouli
| first = C.
| date = 2015
| orig-year = 2010&ndash;11
| title = Salcete Taluka&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;South Goa
| work = Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
| publisher = [[Government of India]]
| agency = Census Organization of India
| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5616-salcete-south-goa-goa.html
| access-date = 12 December 2019
}}
</ref>
|-
!# !!Settlements !!Population
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Municipal Councils
|-
| 1. || [[Margao]] || 87,650
|-
| 2. || [[Cuncolim]] || 16,623
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Census Towns
|-
| 1. || [[Davorlim]] || 15,350
|-
| 2. || [[Curtorim]] || 12,886
|-
| 3. || [[Navelim]] || 12,323
|-
| 4. || [[Benaulim]] || 11,919
|-
| 5. || [[Raia, Goa|Raia]] || 10,706
|-
| 6. || [[São José de Areal]] || 10,229
|-
| 7. || [[Nuvem]] || 9,288
|-
| 8. || [[Chinchinim]] || 6,908
|-
| 9. || [[Verna, Goa|Verna]] || 6,632
|-
| 10. || [[Aquem]] || 6,511
|-
| 11. || [[Varca]] || 5,439
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 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, Goa|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, Goa|Velim]]|| 5,955
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|Total
|2,94,504
|}


== Notes ==
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{{notelist
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|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|Founded by the immigrant Brahmins (circa 4–12 CE), ''Salcette'' is the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] corruption of the word ''Sāṣaṭī'', the sixty-six settlements.<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Kosambi
| first = Damodar Dharmanand
| title = Myth and Reality: Studies in the Formation of Indian Culture
| edition = reprint
| publisher = Popular Prakashan
| date = 1962
| isbn = 9788171548705
| page = [https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12695/page/n185 <!-- quote=salcete corruption. --> 169]
}}
</ref>
}}
}}
}}
== Citations ==
{{reflist}}
== References ==
*{{cite book
| last =  Kadamb
| first = S. G.
| title = Sources of History of the Kadambas of Goa: Inscriptions
| date = 2013
| publisher = Broadway Publishing House
| isbn = 9789380837314
| pages = 1–14
| edition = First
}}
* {{cite book
  | editor-last = Kusuman
  | editor-first = K. K.
  | date = 1990
  | title = A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume
  | last = Rodrigues
  | first = L. A.
  | chapter = The Peninsula of Salcete
  | pages = 231&ndash;246
  | publisher = Mittal Publications
  | isbn = 9788170992141
}}
== External links ==
{{commons category|Salcete}}
*[http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/181-south-goa.html South Goa District : Census 2011 data]
{{Goa topics}}
[[Category:Taluks of Goa]]
[[Category:Geography of South Goa district]]
{{goa-geo-stub}}

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