Penha-de-Franca
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Penha-de-Franca is a census town
in North Goa district in the India
n state
of Goa
. It shares its name with a neighbourhood in Lisbon, where it is spelt Penha de França.
It is the birthplace of writer Vimala Devi
.
It takes its name from the patronness of its church, Nossa Senhora de Penha de França
.
, Penha-de-Franca had a population of 15,375. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Penha-de-Franca has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 78%. In Penha-de-Franca, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Census town
In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...
in North Goa district in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
. It shares its name with a neighbourhood in Lisbon, where it is spelt Penha de França.
It is the birthplace of writer Vimala Devi
Vimala Devi
Vimala Devi is the pseudonym of Teresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida, a Goan writer, poet and translator.-Life in Goa:Vimala Devi was born in 1932 in the village of Britona in the parish of Penha-de-Franca, across the Mandovi river from Panjim, the principal town of Goa...
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It takes its name from the patronness of its church, Nossa Senhora de Penha de França
Our Lady of Peñafrancia
Our Lady of Peñafrancia is a wooden statue of virgin mary originally came from Salamanca, Spain. Tens of thousands of pilgrims, devotees, tourists come to Naga City, Philippines every September for a nine-day festivities in honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the Patroness of Bicol, endearingly...
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Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Penha-de-Franca had a population of 15,375. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Penha-de-Franca has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 78%. In Penha-de-Franca, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.