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''Bardez'' ( kok, Bardes; pt, Bardes;
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: ) is a ''taluka'' of the
North Goa district 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 t ...
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 ...
. It was a ''
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before
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Etymology

The name is credited to the
Saraswat Brahmin The Saraswat Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins, who are spread over widely separated regions spanning from Kashmir in North India to Konkan in West India to Kanara (coastal region of Karnataka) and Kerala in South India. The word ''Saraswat'' is deriv ...
immigrants who emigrated to the
Konkan The Konkan ( kok, कोंकण) or Kokan () is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, running from Damaon in the north to Karwar in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau in the east. The hinterland ...
via
Magadha Magadha was a region and one of the sixteen sa, script=Latn, Mahajanapadas, label=none, lit=Great Kingdoms of the Second Urbanization (600–200 BCE) in what is now south Bihar (before expansion) at the eastern Ganges Plain. Magadha was ruled ...
plains in northern India. Bardez, or more properly ''bara'' (twelve) ''desh'' (country), means "twelve countries" (or territories). The form 'country' probably refers to clan territorial limits, or to the Brahmin ''
comunidades The Comunidades of Goa were a form of land association developed in Goa, India, where land-ownership was collectively held, but controlled by the male descendants of those who claimed to be the founders of the village, who in turn mostly belonged ...
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Aldona Aldona is a village in the Taluka of Bardez in the Indian state of Goa. It is known for producing several prominent Goans. Geography Aldona is located at at an average elevation of . Aldona, as a comunidade-village, comprises around 16 wards ...
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Anjuna Anjuna () is a village located on the coast of North Goa, India. It is a Census Town, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. It is mostly a tourist destination. Its church, St. Michael's Church, Anjuna, founded in 1595, is dedicated ...
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Assagao Assagao is a village in Bardez, Goa, India located about 4 kilometres west of Mapusa. Assagao is known as the Land of Flowers as well as several other nicknames – “Goa’s South Extension”, ‘Artist’s village’, “The Beverly Hil ...
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Candolim Candolim is a census town in North Goa and is located in the Bardez taluka in the state of Goa, India. It is situated just south of Calangute Beach and North of Sinquerim. History During the late 16th century, Candolim became the first villa ...
# Moira #
Nachinola Nachinola is a small village in North Goa district, Goa, India. It is situated in Bardez ''taluka'' (sub-district) between the villages Moira and Aldona. Nachinola is divided into three ''vadde'' (village sub-divisions) that are called Vaingu ...
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Olaulim Olaulim is a scenic village in Bardez sub-district, 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 Mah ...
# Pomburpa #
Saligao Saligão () is a census town in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is surrounded by the villages of Porvorim, Parra, Guirim, Sangolda, Pilerne, Candolim, Calangute and Nagoa and is in Bardez Taluka of Goa. It is 10 km from ...
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Sangolda Sangolda is a village in Bardez sub-district, North Goa, India. Location Nearest airport is Dabolim Airport and railway station is at Tivim Tivim pronounced Thivim, is a village in Nathivim in Bardez, in the North Goa district of Goa, Indi ...
# Serula #
Siolim Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly, ...
Bardez is delimited on the north by the
Chapora River Chapora River is a river in northern Goa, India. It runs westward into the Arabian sea at Chapora and demarcates the border between the North Goa talukas of Pernem and Bardez. The river originates at Ramghat in the neighbouring state of Maharash ...
, on the south by the
Mandovi River The Mahadayi/Mandovi River (''Mandovi'', pronounced ), also known as Mahadayi or Mhadei river, is described as the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa. The Mandovi and the Zuari are the two primary rivers in the state of Goa. Mandovi joins wi ...
, on the east by the
Mapusa River Mapusa River (Rio de Mapuça) river is one of the main tributary of the River Mandovi in Goa, India. The river originates from the jungles of Dumacem and Amthane, meanders eastward and then southward before it drains itself in the Mandovi ri ...
, which originates in Bardez itself near the capital city of
Mapusa Mapusa (म्हापशें) is a town in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the capital Panaji. The town is the headquarters of Bardez Taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. In Portugue ...
, and on the west by the
Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
. A native of Bardez is called a ''Bardeskar'' or ''Bardescar'' (
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: ) in the
Konkani language Konkani () is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution, and the official language of ...
. Bardez is the site of the legislature of Goa, in the southern parish village of
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(Britona), in Serula. Other famous sites are the
Fort Aguada Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort, along with a lighthouse, standing in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach, overlooking the Arabian Sea. It is an ASI protected Monument of National Importance in Goa. Origins and ...
, the beaches of
Candolim Candolim is a census town in North Goa and is located in the Bardez taluka in the state of Goa, India. It is situated just south of Calangute Beach and North of Sinquerim. History During the late 16th century, Candolim became the first villa ...
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Sinquerim Sinquerim is a village in Bardez sub-district, North Goa, India. Local attractions Sinquerim is famous for its beautiful beach. Location It is 16 km from Panaji. Nearest railway station is at Carambolim. Nearest airport is Dabolim Airp ...
,
Calangute Calangute is a town in the North Goa district of the Indian state of Goa. It is famous for its beach, the largest in North Goa and a popular tourist destination. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in ...
, Baga,
Anjuna Anjuna () is a village located on the coast of North Goa, India. It is a Census Town, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. It is mostly a tourist destination. Its church, St. Michael's Church, Anjuna, founded in 1595, is dedicated ...
, and
Vagator Vagator Beach is the northernmost beach of Bardez Taluka, Goa. It is across the Chapora River from Morjim in Pernem. To the south of Vagator is Anjuna, one of the first hippie haunts of Goa. Etymology The name Vagator is a combination of the term ...
villages, the hilltop monastery and boarding school of Monte Guirim, which was restored by Padre Luna after Pombal's devastation, the village communities of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da França, Siolim, Moira, Porvorim, Colvale, Saligao, and Sangolda, to name but the most prominent. Goa's Indian Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and St Xavier's College, Mapusa are located in Bardez. The village and ''
comunidade The Comunidades of Goa were a form of land association developed in Goa, India, where land-ownership was collectively held, but controlled by the male descendants of those who claimed to be the founders of the village, who in turn mostly belonged ...
'' of
Anjuna Anjuna () is a village located on the coast of North Goa, India. It is a Census Town, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. It is mostly a tourist destination. Its church, St. Michael's Church, Anjuna, founded in 1595, is dedicated ...
was a prime
hippie A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around ...
destination. Bardes is famous as the birthplace of Rev Fr
Agnelo de Souza Agnelo de Souza (born Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza; 21 January 1869 – 20 November 1927), was a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in the province of Goa, then ...
, who is expected be recognised for
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hood in the near future. He is one of the two most prominent religious Goan Christians, the other being St Joseph De Vaz, the "Apostle of
Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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List of towns and villages

List of towns in Bardez taluk: *
Mapusa Mapusa (म्हापशें) is a town in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the capital Panaji. The town is the headquarters of Bardez Taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. In Portugue ...
* Penha-de-Franca *
Calangute Calangute is a town in the North Goa district of the Indian state of Goa. It is famous for its beach, the largest in North Goa and a popular tourist destination. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in ...
* Socorro *
Siolim Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly, ...
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Anjuna Anjuna () is a village located on the coast of North Goa, India. It is a Census Town, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. It is mostly a tourist destination. Its church, St. Michael's Church, Anjuna, founded in 1595, is dedicated ...
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Candolim Candolim is a census town in North Goa and is located in the Bardez taluka in the state of Goa, India. It is situated just south of Calangute Beach and North of Sinquerim. History During the late 16th century, Candolim became the first villa ...
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Reis Magos Reis Magos is a village located on the northern bank of the Mandovi River in Bardez, Goa, opposite to the capital city of Panjim. The village is famous for two of Goa’s famous structures; the Reis Magos Fort, and the Reis Magos Church – the ...
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Salvador do Mundo Salvador do Mundo (Portuguese for ''Saviour of the World'') is a village in Bardez taluka, Goa, in India. The village is located south west of Socorro and east of Porvorim. The Mount has a Chapel, which is used to hold services during the Len ...
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Saligao Saligão () is a census town in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is surrounded by the villages of Porvorim, Parra, Guirim, Sangolda, Pilerne, Candolim, Calangute and Nagoa and is in Bardez Taluka of Goa. It is 10 km from ...
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Aldona Aldona is a village in the Taluka of Bardez in the Indian state of Goa. It is known for producing several prominent Goans. Geography Aldona is located at at an average elevation of . Aldona, as a comunidade-village, comprises around 16 wards ...
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Pilerne Pilerne is a village situated in north Goa in the Bardez taluka of the North Goa district. It is rustic despite being fairly close to the North Goa tourist belt, and is considered a Census Town for the purposes of the Census. The village has mai ...
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Guirim Guirim is a census town in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. For administrative purposes, however, it is considered to be a village, and has a village ''panchayat'', which is the local administration of a village in parts of India. ...
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Colvale Colvale or Colovale is a census town in North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. Demographics India census, Colvale had a population of 5475. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Colvale has an average literacy rate of ...
* Moira List of villages in Bardez taluk: * Arpora *
Assagao Assagao is a village in Bardez, Goa, India located about 4 kilometres west of Mapusa. Assagao is known as the Land of Flowers as well as several other nicknames – “Goa’s South Extension”, ‘Artist’s village’, “The Beverly Hil ...
* Assonora *
Bastora Bastora is a village in North Goa, India. It is located on the outskirts of Mapusa town. Green and still scenic, this is one of the many communities and villages that makes up mainly-rural, but fast-urbanising Goa. Name and origins Bastora w ...
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Calvim Calvim is an island village situated in the Bardez sub-district or ''taluka'' of Goa. It is in the vicinity of the prominent Aldona village. Location Calvim comes under the Aldona village ''panchayat'', and is one of the two islands—Corjuem a ...
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Camurlim Camurlim, also known as Ambora, is a village in Salcete taluka in Goa, India. It is situate about 45 km south of the lively city of Mapusa, well known for its weekly Friday market. Location Camurlim is north of Margao. It is located to the s ...
* Canca * Corjuem * Marna * Marra * Moitem *
Nachinola Nachinola is a small village in North Goa district, Goa, India. It is situated in Bardez ''taluka'' (sub-district) between the villages Moira and Aldona. Nachinola is divided into three ''vadde'' (village sub-divisions) that are called Vaingu ...
* Nadora *
Nagoa Nagoa is a village in Salcette, Goa, adjacent to the village of Verna. It is located approximately 11 km north of the South Goa district headquarters Margão, 17 km south-east of Vasco da Gama and 22 km south-east of the state ...
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Olaulim Olaulim is a scenic village in Bardez sub-district, 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 Mah ...
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Oxel Oxel is a village in Bardez sub-district, North Goa, India. The nearest airport is Dabolim Airport and railway station is at Tivim. Oxel has been described as a "picturesque village" and is located in North Goa's Bardez sub-district or taluka ...
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Paliem Paliem is a village in the Pernem Sub-Division of North Goa, India. Geography It is located at at an elevation of 7 m above MSL. This village is located between Arambol, Corgão and Querim. Places To Visit Paliem Beach also called Kalac ...
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Parra Parra (Hebrew language, Hebrew: ''גפן'') is a Spanish, Portuguese, and also Jewish surname, meaning grapevine or Trellis (architecture), trellis, for example, a pergola. It is taken from the word meaning latticework and the vines raised on it ...
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Pirna Pirna (; hsb, Pěrno; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany and capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as ...
* Pomburpa * Ponolem * Punola * Revora *
Sangolda Sangolda is a village in Bardez sub-district, North Goa, India. Location Nearest airport is Dabolim Airport and railway station is at Tivim Tivim pronounced Thivim, is a village in Nathivim in Bardez, in the North Goa district of Goa, Indi ...
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Sircaim Sircaim (or Sirsaim) is a village situated in the Bardez sub-district or ''taluka'' of Goa, which lies along the west-coast of India. It lies close to or within the mining belt of North Goa. It is home to a football academy for youth, and a jett ...
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Tivim Tivim pronounced Thivim, is a village in Nathivim in Bardez, in the North Goa district of Goa, India. It is an important gateway into North Goa as the home to the major railway station in North Goa. Tivim was also the ancestral village of the fi ...
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Ucassaim Ucassaim is a village in Bardez, in the west coastal region of Goa. It is located close to Mapusa town and is known as the home for some prominent persons from the area. Ucassaim was once is known as ''Mistirincho Ganv'', (Musicians' Village) b ...
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Verla Verla at Jaala, Kouvola, Finland, is a well-preserved 19th-century mill village. Situated along the northern Kymi River, the mill, nearby power plants, and residential houses were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996 due to its tes ...


In popular culture

The
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Netflix original show, ''
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'', is set in Bardez.


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Cities and villages in Bardez TalukGoa - Calangute Beach
- Information and Pictures of Calangute Beach in Bardez Taluks of Goa Geography of North Goa district {{Goa-geo-stub