Canacona (), historically known as Kanvapura, is a city and a
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...
in the district of
South Goa,
Goa state,
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 ...
. The Canacona taluka includes Patnem,
Chaudi,
Poinguinim,
Loliem-Polem,
Agonda, and Gaumdongre.
Chaudi is the headquarters of its taluka.
Palolem Beach
Palolem Beach is situated in Canacona in southern Goa, India. The beach attracts many international tourists, mainly during the winter season between November and March. It is considered to be one of the region's most beautiful beaches.
Overview
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is located in Canacona.
Geography
Canacona is located at . It has an average elevation of 10 metres (32 feet). Canacona is the southernmost taluka of Goa.
History
Education
Dnyna Prabodhini Mandal's Shree Mallikarjun College of Arts & Commerce is located in Delem, Canacona. It is affiliated with Goa University.
There are two higher secondary schools in Canacona.
One of the two JNV institutions in Goa;
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Canacona is also situated in Delem, Canacona.
The taluka also includes ''Centro Promotor De Instrucao'' primary school, which later expanded to include Shri Mallikarjun High School and Shri Mallikarjun Higher Secondary.
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
,
[
] Canacona city had a population of 12,434. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Canacona has an average literacy rate of 89.31%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with male literacy of 93.09% and female literacy of 85.47%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. In addition to
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 ...
,
Marathi is also spoken here by a minority.
Government and politics
Canacona is part of
Canacona (Goa Assembly constituency) and
South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency).
References
External links
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Cities and towns in South Goa district
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