About Sirigao Village

Sirigao is a mid sized village in Bicholim tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,617, made up of 820 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Sirigao compares

By the 2011 count Sirigao is the 14th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,535 residents. Its 286.91 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Sirigao

Sirigao is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sirigao as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sirigao from other places

Sirigao lies about 10 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 4.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Villages closest to Sirigao

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bicholim tehsil.

• Mulgao 3.1 km
• Vainguinim 3.7 km
• Maem 3.7 km
• Adwalpale 4.7 km
• Aturli 4.8 km
• Naroa 6.3 km

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.