Sanquelim
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Geography
Sanquelim is situated in the Bicholim Taluka of North Goa. [1] It has an average elevation of 78 metres (256 feet).
Demographics
As of the 2011 India census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".,[2] Sanquelim had a population of 13,651. Males constitute 51.8% of the population and females 48.2%. Sanquelim has an average literacy rate of 91.5%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 94.22%, and female literacy is 91.48%. In Sanquelim, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Government and politics
Sanquelim is part of Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency) and North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency). Following the delimitation of constituencies in 2008, Sanquelim was established as a separate assembly constituency. Pratap Prabhakar Gauns of the Indian National Congress became the first elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sanquelim, after winning the 2008 by-election for the erstwhile Pale constituency.[3]
During his tenure, Shri Pratap Prabhakar Gauns initiated several key development projects in the constituency, including the establishment of the Ravindra Bhavan Sanquelim, the Goa Institute of Management, the Primary Health Centre Sanquelim, a garbage treatment plant, a swimming pool, and a sewage treatment plant in Sanquelim.[4]
References
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