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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Chicalim<br />
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| settlement_type = [[Census town]]<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Chicalim in Goa<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|15|23|58|N|73|50|27|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = State<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = District<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[South Goa]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Sub-district<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Mormugão]]<br />
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| elevation_m = 45<br />
| population_total = 6933<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| postal_code = 403711<br />
| area_code = 0832<br />
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'''Chicalim''' is a [[census town]] in [[Mormugão]], [[Goa]], India. It is a suburb to the port city of [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Chicalim is located at {{Coord|15|23|58|N|73|50|27|E}} at an average elevation of {{Convert|45|m|ft}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/33/Chicalim.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chicalim]</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of the [[2011 Indian census]], Chicalim had a population of 6,933. Males constituted 57% of the population and females 43%. Chicalim had a literacy rate of 93.21%, higher than state average of 88.70%: male literacy was 96.13% and female literacy was 89.28%. 8.91% of the population was under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicalim Population Census 2011|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/626885-chicalim-goa.html|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=2018-01-02}}</ref><br />
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==Government==<br />
Chicalim, being a village, is governed by a Panchayat, or local rural governing body, under the Panchayati Raj Act. Latest panchayat elections took place in June 2012. The current Sarpanch seat has been reserved for women.<br />
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Chicalim comes under Dabolim constituency for the state assembly after delimitation of wards. Earlier it was under the Cortalim constituency. The current MLA is Mauvin Goudinho of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) .<br />
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