Calangute is a town in 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 Karnatak ...

of the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n 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 bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

. It is famous for its beach, the largest in North Goa and a popular tourist destination. The peak tourist season is during

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a Religion, religious and Culture, cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by coun ...

and New Year, and during the summer in May.

Demographics

, Calangute had a population of 13,810. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Calangute had an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy was 78% and female literacy 67%. 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Government and politics

Calangute is part of Calangute (Goa Assembly constituency) and

North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency) North Goa Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Panaji Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the two Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Goa state in western India along with South Goa. Assembly segments Presently, North Goa Lok Sabha parliamen ...

Education

Calangute has secondary education schools viz. Little Flower of Jesus High School, St. Josephs High School, Don Bosco High School, Mark Memorial High School, apart from the Government Primary schools located in Umtavaddo & Naikavaddo.

In media

Lorna Cordeiro Lorna Cordeiro (born 9 August 1944), known mononymously as Lorna, is an Indian singer. Referred to as the " Nightingale of Goa", she performed with jazz trumpeter Chris Perry in the 1960s and 1970s. Her association with Perry ended in 1973, ...

recorded a song in

Konkani __NOTOC__ Konkani may refer to: Language * Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India. * Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language **Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...

titled "Calangute" about the town and Calangute Beach.

Notable residents

* Bruno Coutinho – captained the

India national football team The India national football team represents India in men's international Association football, football and is governed by the All India Football Federation, the governing body for Football in India, football in India. It is a member of FIFA, ...

. * , bishop of

diocese of Agartala The Diocese of Agartala () is a Catholic diocese comprising the entire State of Tripura in the ecclesiastical province of Shillong in India. The cathedral is St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Agartala. Church timing English mass 8am, kokborok ...

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

, was born in Calangute

Sports

Like any other Goan village, Calangute's most famous sport is

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

. The local football club is Calangute Association, which represents them in Goa's top-tier league, the

Goa Professional League The Goa Football League is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of Goa, organised by the Goa Football Association as part of the state leagues. It was formed in 1951 as the Goa Primeira Divisão or Goa First Division, and ...

Gallery

File:Parasailing on the Calangute beach, Goa.jpg, Parasailing at Calangute Beach File:ParasailingGoa3.jpg, Parasailing at Calangute beach in December 2006 File:Boats on the Calangute beach, Goa.jpg, Boats at Calangute Beach File:Calangute-Tinto.jpg, The ''tinto'' (market) at Calangute File:Altars at St. Alex Church, Calangute.jpg, Altars at St. Alex Church, Calangute. File:Calangute-beach.jpg, alt=Crowded Calangute Beach in an evening, Crowded Calangute Beach in an evening File:Calangute-beach-2.jpg, alt=Dusk at Calangute Beach, Dusk at Calangute Beach

References

External links

* {{Wikivoyage inline, Calangute * Energeti
Calangute Beach
Goa Beaches of Goa Villages in North Goa district Beaches of North Goa district