Calangute

**कळंगुट/Kollongutt**
	कळंगुट/Kollongutt; Calangute
	कळंगुट/Kollongutt Location of कळंगुट/Kollongutt; in Goa and India
Coordinates	15°32′42″N 73°45′47″E / 15.545°N 73.763°E
Country	India
State	Goa
District(s)	North Goa
Population	15,776 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area; • Elevation	; • 0 m (0 ft)
• Pincode	• 403516
• Telephone	• +00 91 (0) 8322 27
• Vehicle	• GA-01
	Footnotes It's Better in Calangute!

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Calangute (Konkani: कळंगुट/Kollongutt, pronounced [kɔɭɔŋɡuʈ]) is a census town in North Goa in the state of Goa, India. It is famous for its beach, visited by domestic and international tourists alike. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in May. In the monsoon season, June through September, the sea can be rough, and swimming is prohibited.

[edit] Overview

To the north lies Baga, and south Candolim. To the east lies Saligao, and the arabian sea lashes its waves along the west. Calangute remains warm through the year with little temperature fluctuations. Calangute is 10 km from Mapusa City, & 18 km from Panjim the capital of Goa, Languages spoken include Konkani, Marathi and English. The town is popular due to water sports, which are offered on the beaches of Calangute.

The word CALANGUTE which has become kolngutt or korgott, is derivedf rom KOLI-GUTT, (or Gudi), which originally meant land inhabited by fisherfolk. It must have become Kolyiangutti, kalangutti, kolngutt, kongott With the advent of the Portuguese, the word probably got distorted to Calangute, and has stuck till today. The name Koli may be connected with the goddess kali, worshipped by the fisher folk. there was a temple in the area of MOTTH. Another possibility is that it comes from KALYAN-GUTTI, which means a village of art, a beautiful village. this is quite a plausible derivation. a third derivation is from konvallo-ghott. which means the coconut was good (strong pith), since coconut trees are believed to possess strong pith which is the "marrow" or soft substance in the center of the plant.

Calangute is divided by a ward (vaddo) system which breaks it up into:

Gauravaddo (east & west)[ward of the "Gaudds", or more probably of "gauri" (milk diary)]
Agarwaddo [Ward of Salt pans ("agor")]
Tivaivaddo[A ward near the seashore]
Naikavaddo[ward that used to be resided by Naik community]
Maddovaddo[ward full of coconut trees ("Madd").]
Porbavaddo[ward that used to be resided by porob community; "prabhu"]
Dongorpur & Boa-Viagem[ City of hill, because it lies on the hill]
Umtavaddo[Because according to tradition the people from Carambolim came to Calangute on camels, during epidemic there. they were Prabhus]
Chobravaddo[Probably there was more "Khobrem" there (copra=coconut dried for extracting oil]
Sauntavaddo[the ward where the Saunte(Sawant)resided]
Baga [derived from the Goddess Bhagvati, where there was a temple in her honour, which gave the name to the river and the ward. It was called Vaddol, because there was mud(usually considered as a part of Calangute)]

calangute news: http://news.google.com.kw/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=calangute&btnG=Search+News
calangute electoral list - are you on it?: http://electionsgoa.nic.in/

Famous personalities From Calangute: Msgr. George Fernandes - Founder of the congregation of the Poor Sisters Of Our Lady (PSOL)[1][2]

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Calangute had a population of 15,776. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Calangute has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 67%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.