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2. PRESENTATION ON GOA GOA IS INDIA’S SMALLEST STATE BY AREA AND FOURTH SMALLEST BY POPULATION LOCATED IN WEST INDIA IN THE REGION KNOWN AS KONKAN. PANAJI IS THE CAPITAL OF GOA.

3. CLIMATE GOA FEATURE’S TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE UNDER THE KOPPEN CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION. GOA BEING NEAR THE ARABIAN SEA HAS A HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. DAY TEMPRATURE IS OVER 350C

4. POPULATION GOA’S POPULATION IS ABOUT 13,47,668 WITH 6,87,248 MALES AND 6,60,420 FEMALES. THE GROWTH OF 14.8 PERCENT, DURING 1991 TO 2000, IS LOWER THAN THE 16.8 PERCENT RECORDED DURING 1981 TO 1990.

5. LANGUAGE PORTUGUESE WAS WIDELY SPOKEN UNTIL GOA TILL IT WAS LIBRATED REGIME IN 1961.IN MAJOR TOWNS ENGLISH IS WIDELY SPOKEN NOW.

6. FOOD OF GOA

7. RELIGION CHRISTIANITY IS SECOND LARGEST RELIGIOUS GROUPING IN GOA. ACCORDING TO 2001 CENSUS,27% OF THE POPULATION ARE CHRISTIAN, WHILE 66% ARE HINDU. THE CHRISTIAN IS “ALMOST ENTIRLY CATHOLIC, AND GOAN CATHOLICS FROM A SIGNIFICANCE ETHNORELIGIOUS GROUP.

8. TOPOGRAPHY OF GOA GOA OCCUPY A NARROW STRIP OF THE WESTERN INDIAN COASTLINE,APPROX. 105KMS AND 65KMS WIDE, WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 3701 SQ KM.

9. FESTIVALS OF GOA MANY GOAN FESTIVAL ARE ZATRAS[FEAST] OF THE LOCAL OR THE FAMILY DEITY CELEBRATED AT TEMPLES OF GOD AND GODDESS. OTHER FESTIVALS LIKE HOLI.DUSSHERA,DIWALI ARE ALSO CELEBRATED HERE.

10. CLOTHING OF GOA THE CLOTHES OF GOA SHOW A COLOURFULL VARIETY. THERE ARE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COSTUME WORN HERE.WOMENS WEAR 9YARD SARI AND FISHERMAN WEAR SHIRTS AND HALF PANT.

11. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHICH ATTRACT TOURIST TO GOA LIKE AMTHAN DAM,ALORNA FORT,CHAPOLI DAM,DIVARR ISLAND,WAX WORLD MUSEUM ETC.

12. BEST TIME TO VISIT GOA MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT GOA.WEATHER WISE OCTOBER TO APRIL IS THE BEST TIME.