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GOA

Hello teachers and friends!!


Today I am here to say about a beautiful place
GOA.
INTRUDUCTION
● Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the region known as
the Konkan, and geographically separated from Deccan highlands by the
western Ghats.
● It is India’s smallest state by area and it’s fourth-smallest by population.
● It has highest GDP per capita among all Indian states.
● It is the 3rd-highest ranking among Indian states in human development
index.
● Goa’s official language, which is speaking by a majority of it’s inhabitants ->
is KONKANI.
● Goa is visited by large numbers of International and domestic tourist each
year because of it’s white-sand beaches, active night life, places of worships,
etc……. It also have rich in flora and fauna because it lies on the Western
Ghats range.
HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ABOUT GOA
● Rock art engravings found in goa are the earliest known traces of human life
in India.
● Goa, situated within the Shimoga-Goa Greenstone belt in Western Ghats.
● In the 3rd century BC, Goa was part of the Maurya Empire, ruled by the
Buddhist emperor, Ashok of Magadha.
● Over the next few centuries, Goa was successively ruled by the Kadambas as
the feudatories of the Chalukyas of Kalyani. They patronised Jainism in Goa.
● Goa is a part of the costal country known as the Konkan, which is an
escarpment rising up to the Western Ghats range of mountains. Goa has a
coastline of 160 km [99 mi].
MORE ON GEOGRAPHY ABOUT GOA
● Most of the Goa’s soil cover is made up of laterites rich in
ferric-aluminum oxides and reddish in colour.
● Goa has more than 300 ancient water tanks built during the rule of the
Kadamba dynasty and over 100 medicinal springs.
● Some of the oldest rocks in the Indian subcontinent are found in Goa
between Molem and Anmod on Goa’s border with Karnataka.
HOW THE CLIMATE IS IN GOA?
● Goa feature a tropical monsoon climate under the Koppen climate
classification.
● Goa, being in the tropical zone and near the Arabian Sea, has a hot and humid
climate for the most of the year.
● The state’s three seasons are southwest monsoon period (June-September),
post-monsoon period (october-January), and pre-monsoon
period(February-May).
● Over 90% of the average annual rainfall [3,000 mm or 120 in] is received
during the monsoon season.
EDUCATION
● Goa had India’s earliest educational institutions built with European support.
● Medical education began in 1801 with the offering of regular medical courses
at the Royal and Military hospitals in the old city of Goa.
● According to the 2011 census, Goa had a literacy rate of 87%, with 90% of
males and 84% 0f females being literate.
● There are govt. Polytechnic institutions in Panaji, Bicholim and Curchorem,
and aided institutions like Father Angel Polytechnic in Verna and the Institute
of Shipbuilding Technology in Vasco Da Gama which impart technical and
vocational training. In some cases, Goan students do students exchange
programs in Potugal.
POPULATION AND LANGUAGES
● A native of Goa is called a Goan. Goa has a population of 1.459 million
residents as of 2011, making it fourth least populated state of India after
Sikkim, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.
● The migrant, or non-Goan Indan origin, the population is currently over 50%
of resident population, outnumbering the native ethnic Goan population.
● Konkani is spoken as a first language by about 66.11% of the people in the
state, but almost all Goans can speak and understand Konkani.
● Historically, Konkani was neither the official nor the administrative language
of many rulers of the state. Under the Kadambas, the court language was
Kannada.
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