SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- POPULATION (1991 Census)
- Total: 1.169 Million
- Proportion: 594,000 males, 575,000 females (1000:967)
- Growth Rate: 16.08%
- Density: 316 per square kilometre
- Dispersal: Urban-41.01%, Rural-58.09%
- EDUCATION
- Literacy: 75.51% (83.64% of males, 67.09% of females)
- Primary schools: 1285 (105,000 students)
- Middle schools: 441 (82,327 students)
- Secondary schools: 343 (69,054 students)
- Higher Secondary Schools: 45 (19,493 students)
- Colleges: 32 (14,534 students)
- HEALTH
- Birth Rate: 31.39 per 1000
- Infant Mortality: 13.39 per 1000
- Death Rate: 13.39 per 1000
- Hospitals: 127 ( 4070 beds)
- Doctor to population ratio: 1:842
- COMMUNICATIONS
- Television: 1 Relay Transmitter, single channel
- Radio: 1 Broadcasting Station, 2 channels
- Print: 8 Daily Newspapers, 19 Periodicals
- Telephones: 19,469
- Post Offices: 102
- TRANSPORT
- Roads: Length--7,202 kms
- Density--1945 per 1000 sq kms
- Vehicles: 138,000
- Bus Routes: 599
- ECONOMIC INDICES
- Net State Domestic Product: Rs. 9,545.7 Million
- Per Capita Income: Rs 7,634
- Bank Deposits: Rs 163.888 Million
- Bank-Population Ratio: 1:4583
Extract from the Cd rom edition : Goa the pearl of Asia published by Kirloskar computer service ltd, 5570 malleswaran west, Bangalore 560 055 India