Shiroda, Goa
Shiroda | |
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Village | |
Shiroda | |
Coordinates: 15°19′45″N 74°01′38″E / 15.3292°N 74.0271°ECoordinates: 15°19′45″N 74°01′38″E / 15.3292°N 74.0271°E | |
Country | India |
State | Goa |
District | North Goa |
Subdistrict | Ponda |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 14,112 |
Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Pincode | 403103[1] |
Shiroda or Shirodem is a village in Ponda Taluk in North Goa District, Goa, India. The village has a population of 14,112 (Male: 6,928 Female: 7,184) based on 2001 Census data.
Education
Shiroda houses one engineering colleges of Goa, Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology and two colleges of Alternative medicine the Ayurveda College & Research Centre and Shri Kamaxshi Devi Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital.
Religious importance
Shiroda is very popular for its Kamakshi Temple . People flock to this temple on Amavasya (Umaas, in regional Konkani language) or New moon day. Every year on the day of Shivratri a grand temple festival or Zatra (in Konkani language )is held which is attended by thousands of devotees from Goa as well as Karnataka and Maharashtra.
References
- ↑ "Pin Code: Shiroda, North Goa, Goa, India". PINcode.org.in. Retrieved 17 Feb 2015.