Sanguem taluka

Sanguem
Sanguem
Taluka
	Location of Sanguem in South Goa district in Goa
	Coordinates: 15°13′42″N 74°09′08″E / 15.228420°N 74.152152°E
Country	India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Headquarters	Sanguem city
Settlements (as of 2011)	1 City ; 1 Town ; 45 Villages
Government
• Tehsildar	Ajay Gaude
• Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
• Assembly constituency	Sanguem (Goa Assembly constituency)
• MLA	Prasad Gaonkar
Population (2011)
• Taluka	65,147
• Urban	17.72%
Demographics
• Literacy rate	na
• Sex ratio	na
PIN	4034XX, 4037XX
Vehicle registration	GA-09
Rain	na

Sanguem taluka is an administrative region of Goa state, India.^[1]^[2]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, Sanguem had a population of 65,147 with sex ratio of 997 females to 1,000 males. Sanguem Taluka has an average literacy rate of 83.43%, compared to the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 89.60% and female literacy 77.24%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.12% and 21.94% of the population respectively. 17.72% of the population lives in urban areas.^[3]

Religion

Religion in Sanguem Taluka (2011)^[4]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			78.86%
Christianity			13.86%
Islam			6.62%
Other or not stated			0.66%

Hinduism is followed by the majority of population of Sanguem Taluka. Christians form a significant minority. At the time of the 2011 Census of India 78.86% of the population of the Taluka followed Hinduism, 13.86% Christianity, 6.62% Islam and 0.24% of the population followed other religions or did not state religion.^[4]

Languages

Konkani and Marathi are among the most commonly spoken languages in Sanguem Taluka.

Languages of Sanguem Taluka (2011)^[5]

Konkani (73.45%)

Marathi (9.04%)

Kannada (6.00%)

Hindi (5.96%)

Urdu (1.63%)

Others (3.92%)

At the time of 2011 Census of India, 73.45% of the population of Sanguem Taluka spoke Konkani, 9.04% Marathi, 6.00% Kannada, 5.96% Hindi and 1.63% Urdu as their first language.^[5]