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Betqui (Betki)
Betqui or Betki is a village in the Ponda ''taluka'' (sub-district) of Goa. Area, population Its location code on the 2011 Census of India is 626844. According to the official 2011 Census, Betqui or Betki in Ponda ''taluka'' has an area of 629 hectares, a total of 382 households, a population of 1,707 (comprising 871 males and 836 females) with an under-six population of 151 (comprising 77 boys and 74 girls). Location Betqui is located in the north-eastern corner of Ponda ''taluka''. It is near to Candola or Khandola, Orgao, Banastarim and Volvoi. Postal services Betki B.O. is a delivery-based branch office, connected to the Marcela S.O. which lies under the Goa Division of the Panaji Region and the Maharashtra Circle for postal services. Betki's PIN code is 403107. It is located in North Goa. Betki shares this PIN code with Amona B.O., Banastarim B.O., Cumbharjua B.O. and the Marcela B.O. Environment The Betki-Khandola area was said to be the centre of illegal sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponda, Goa
Ponda (; pt, Pondá), also known as ''Fondya'', is a city and a municipal council in the north Goa district of Goa, India. Located in the central area of Goa, Ponda lies 28 km (17 miles) southeast of Panaji, the capital of Goa and 17 km (10.6 miles) northeast of Margao, the district headquarters. Ponda is also known as "Antruz Mahal" because of the presence of numerous famous temples and rich cultural heritage. Geography Ponda is located at . It has an average elevation of . Ponda lies along the National Highway 4A, which connects Panaji to Belgaum in the neighboring state of Karnataka. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Ponda had a population of 22,664. Males constituted 51.8% of the population and females 48.2%. Ponda had an average literacy rate of 85.2%, higher than the national average of 74.0%, with male literacy at 86.7% and female literacy at 83.5%. In Ponda, 9.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Religion Hinduism There are m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candola
Candola is a village and census town in Ponda Sub-District, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is located in the ''Novas Conquistas'' region of the state.Candola on Google maps History Candola was founded by the Portuguese, in 1783, after Raja Bahadur Khem Savant III from the ceded its lands to , in order to receive military help against the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khandola
Candola is a village and census town in Ponda Sub-District, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is located in the ''Novas Conquistas'' region of the state.Candola on Google maps History Candola was founded by the Portuguese, in 1783, after Raja Bahadur Khem Savant III from the ceded its lands to , in order to receive military help against the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orgao
Orgao is a village in Ponda taluka, North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the .... For the purposes of the census, it is considered a "Census Town". It is however part of the Orgao-Tivrem Village ''Panchayat''. As of the 2011 census, Orgao was found to have an area of 3.50 square kilometres, with a total of 1,156 households, and a population of 4,602 persons, comprising 2,264 males and 2,338 females. The zero-to-six age group population comprised 383 children, of these 207 were males and 176 females. References Villages in North Goa district {{Goa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvoi
Volvoi is a village in Ponda taluka, Goa, India. It has its own Volvoi village panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ..., which has five ''panchayat'' members. In the 2011 census, Volvoi was found to have an area of 135.14 hectares, with a total of 385 households, and a population of 1,842 persons – comprising 1,024 males and 818 females. The zero-to-six age group population comprised 141 children, of these 66 were males and 75 females. References Villages in North Goa district {{Goa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela
Marcela is a feminine given name which may refer to: Musicians *Marcela Bovio, Mexican musician *Marcela Lucatelli (born 1988), Brazilian composer *Marcela Morelo, Argentine singer-songwriter * Marcela Rodríguez, Mexican composer Politicians *Marcela Guerra Castillo, Mexican politician *Marcela Lombardo Otero, Mexican politician *Marcela Mitaynes, American politician Sportspeople *Marcela Acuña, Argentine boxer *Marcela Cuesta, Costa Rican swimmer *Marcela Hussey, Argentine field hockey player *Marcela Kubalčíková, Czech swimmer *Marcela Marić, Croatian Olympic diver *Marcela Richezza, Argentine field hockey player *Marcela (wrestler), ring name of professional wrestler María Elena Santamaría Gómez Writers *Marcela Delpastre, French-Occitan author *Marcela Paz, Chilean novelist *Marcela Serrano, another Chilean novelist Other *Marcela Agoncillo, Filipina seamstress of the first Philippine flag *Marcela Barrozo, Brazilian actress *Marcela Bilek, Czech-Australian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Goa
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and 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 At the advent of the Portuguese in AD 1510, all of today's northern territories (Ilhas, Bardez, Pernem, Bicholim, 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amona, Goa
Amona is a census town in North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is believed that Amona was an ancient centre for trade and commerce with a lot of cultivated fertile land and alluvial banks of the Mhadaee, now Mandovi River. The surrounding land holds many cashew plantations and has a Sesa Goa pig iron plant. The rich soil and centralized location in Gomantak with water networks for inland transport allowed Aryans to settle on the land. Remains of ancient fortresses and settlements submerged in the soil around the ferry wharf region have been reported in Amona by the archeology department of Goa. The earliest settlers of this region were primarily the Aryan warriors, administrators; and traders. These warriors in medieval times were a part of the Maratha clans. Ancient armour and swords are present in the Amona temples A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand Theft
Sand theft or unauthorised or illegal sand mining leads to a widely unknown global example of natural and non-renewable resource depletion problem comparable in extent to global water scarcity. Beach theft is illegal removal of large quantities of sand from a beach leading to full or partial disappearance of the beach. In India illegal sand mining is the country's largest organized criminal activity. Sand and beach theft by country Sand theft is a worldwide phenomenon. Beach theft, the large-scale removal of sand to the point that entire stretches of a beach disappear, is considerably less common. Two instances of beach thefts have been widely reported in the media: one in Hungary in 2007 and another in Jamaica in 2008. The beach that was stolen in Hungary was an artificially created one on the banks of a river. The other one is a genuine example of a beach theft. China Too much sand was taken from the Yangtze River to help build Shanghai in the 1980s and 1990s, prompting th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
