North Goa district

North Goa District
District
Location of North Goa within Goa Red: Velhas Conquistas regions Pink: Novas Conquistas regions
Country	India
State	Goa
Headquarters	Panaji
Taluka	Tiswadi Bardez Pernem Bicholim Sattari
Government
• District collector	Dr. Sneha Gitte, I.A.S.[1]
• Superintendent of Police	Nidhin Valsan, IPS
• Lok Sabha constituencies	North Goa
• Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Shripad Naik (BJP)
• Zilla Parishad, Chairperson	Siddesh Naik
Area
• Total	1,736 km2 (670 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Highest elevation (Sonsogor)	1,166 m (3,825 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	818,008
• Rank	1st
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	60.28%[2]
Demography
• Language [3]	Konkani
Human Development
• Literacy	89.57
• Sex ratio	963
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN	4030xx, 4031xx, 4032xx, 4034xx, 4035xx (North Goa)[4]
Telephone	+91 0832
Vehicle registration	GA-01
Climate	Am (Köppen)
Largest city	Panaji (21.01 km2 (8.11 sq mi))
Largest city (by population)	Mapusa
Average annual precipitation	320 cm (3,200 mm) (June–September)
Website	northgoa.gov.in

North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of 1,736 square kilometres (670 square miles), and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa district to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west.