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The port employs around 2,600 employees and has about 4,000 pensioners. [2] The Mormugao Port Authority (MPA), which operates the port, is the largest employer in the Vasco region and has a complete mini-township in Headland Sada which includes schools, residential complexes and amenities (like a hospital) for employees of the Port. [3]
Mormugao is a coastal town situated in the eponymous subdistrict of Southern Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 1917, thirty-one settlements were carved out of the Salcette territory, to form Mormugao with Mormugao seaport as its headquarters.
Mormugao Educational Society's College of Arts and Commerce, locally known as MES College, is an institution in Zuarinagar, Vasco-da-Gama which provides training in commerce and the arts. [ 29 ] Mormugao Port Trust also runs three schools at the Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels named Deepvihar.
South Goa is divided into five subdivisions — Ponda, Mormugao (Vasco da Gama), Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven talukas — Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete , Quepem, and Canacona , Sanguem, and Dharbandora. (Ponda taluka shifted from North Goa to South Goa in January 2015). [1]
Image Area(km^2) Location State/UT Cargo handled in MTPA (FY2022-23) 1 Chennai Port: 1881 Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 136 2 Cochin Port: 1928 Kochi: Kerala: 79.9 3 Deendayal Port: 1965 900.83km2 [19] Kandla: Gujarat: 269.1 4 Jawaharlal Nehru Port: 1988 33.7 km2 Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra: 141.37 5 Mormugao Port: 1985 Mormugao: Goa: 63.4 6 Mumbai Port ...
South Goa district is one of two districts that together constitute the state of Goa, India, within the region known as the Konkan.It is bounded by North Goa district to the north, the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.
National Highway 4A divides it into two parts and the Mormugao - Londa railway line passes through the area. It is located between 15°15"30' to 15°29"30' N and 74°10"15' to 74°20"15' E. [ 1 ] It contains several important temples dating to the Kadambas of Goa , and home to waterfalls, such as Dudhsagar Falls and Tambdi Falls.
Hinduism is followed by the majority of population of Mormugao Taluka. Christians form a significant minority. At the time of the 2011 Census of India 64.85% of the population of the Taluka followed Hinduism, 21.54% Christianity, 12.76% Islam and 0.19% of the population followed other religions or did not state their religious affiliation.