Sanguem taluka is an administrative region in the Kushavati district of Goa state, India.
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.
Religion
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.
Languages
Konkani is the most commonly spoken language in Sanguem taluka.
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.
Settlements Many of the villages mentioned below were ceded to the Dharbandora taluka.
Cities Sanguem has 1 City: Sanguem City
Towns Sanguem has 1 Town: Sanvordem
Villages Sanguem has 45 Villages: Aglote, Bandoli, Bati, Calem, Camarconda, Caranzol, Codli, Colem, Colomba, Comproi, Coranginim, Cormonem, Costi, Cotarli, Cumbari, Curdi, Curpem, Dharbandora, Dongor, Dudal, Maulinguem, Moissal, Molem, Muguli, Naiquinim, Netorli, Nundem, Patiem, Piliem, Porteem, Potrem, Rivona, Rumbrem, Sancordem, Sangod, Santona, Sigao, Sonauli, Surla, Tudou, Uguem, Verlem, Vichundrem, Viliena, Xelpem
References
External links Cities and villages in Sanguem Taluk http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5618-sanguem-south-goa-goa.html