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Mormugao Port is a port on the western coast of India, in the coastal state of Goa. Commissioned in 1885 on the site of a natural harbour, it is one of India's oldest ports. [ 1 ] The port employs around 2,600 employees and has about 4,000 pensioners.
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.
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 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]
[6] The district is divided into five subdivisions—Ponda, Mormugao-Vasco, Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven talukas—Ponda, Dharbandora, Sanguem, Mormugao (Vasco), Salcete (Margao), Quepem, and Canacona . Ponda taluka that was previously part of North Goa district became part of South Goa district in January 2015.
In 1996-1997 the Konkan Railway was connected with the Mormugao Railway, in a contiguous stretch of approximately 15 km between Margao and Vasco da Gama. [6] In 1998, the complete overhaul of the railway was completed, replacing the metric gauge (1.000 mm) with the Indian gauge (1.676 mm). [citation needed]
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.