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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dharbandora
| native_name = {{langx|kok|Dharbandode}}
| settlement_type = [[Taluka]]
| image_map = Dharbandora.png
| map_caption = Location of Dharbandora taluka in [[Goa]]
| coordinates = {{coord|15.385259|N|74.117948|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kushavati district]]

| established_title = Carved out of [[Sanguem taluk|Sanguem]]
| established_date = 4 April 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegoan.net//dharbandora-no-one-cares-for-the-new-kid-on-the-%E2%80%9Cblock%E2%80%9D/2464.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210704173404/https://www.thegoan.net//dharbandora-no-one-cares-for-the-new-kid-on-the-%E2%80%9Cblock%E2%80%9D/2464.html|archive-date = 2021-07-04|title = Dharbandora: No one cares for the new kid on the "block"}}</ref>

| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = Dharbandora
| parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of India|Major villages]]
| parts_style =
| p1 =
Aglote
 Bandoli
 Codli
 Collem
 Caranzol
 Camarconda
 Cormonem
 Dharbandora
 Moissal
 Mollem
 Piliem
 Sancordem
 Sangod
 Sigao
 Sonauli
 Surla
| leader_title = Deputy Collector
| leader_name= Ramesh P. Naik<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southgoa.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/|title=Who's Who | South Goa District | India}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[Tehsildar|Mamlatdar]]
| leader_name1 = Pravinjay Pandit
| leader_title2 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]
| leader_name2 = -
| leader_title3 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Assembly constituency]]
| leader_name3 = [[Sanvordem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanvordem]]
| leader_title4 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name4 = [[Ganesh Gaonkar]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/2122/2122-50-SII-EOG-1.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goaprintingpress.gov.in |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314214148/https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/2122/2122-50-SII-EOG-1.pdf |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

| area_total_km2 =
| population_total = 30,000 to 40,000
| population_as_of = 2012
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 20%
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy rate]]
| blank_name_sec1 = Rain
| blank_info_sec1 = Average of 500 mm to 750 mm
| website = {{URL|goa.gov.in}}
| footnotes =

| demographics1_info1 = 67%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 840

| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#Goa|GA]]-12
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 4034XX, 4037XX
}}

'''Dharbandora''' is a [[Tehsils of India|''taluka'']] in the [[Kushavati district]] of [[Goa]] state, India, with an estimated population of 30,000 to 40,000.<ref name="Kaisuvker">
{{cite news
|last= Kaisuvker
|first= Suraj
|date= 24 March 2011
|title= New Dharbandora taluka from April 4
|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/goa/29182008_1_taluka-tiswadi-and-ponda-ganjem
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130429024901/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/goa/29182008_1_taluka-tiswadi-and-ponda-ganjem
|url-status= dead
|newspaper=[[The Times of India|TOI]]
|archive-date= 29 April 2013}}
</ref>

==History==
The creation of a new Dharbandora Taluka, the 12th Taluka in Goa, was announced by the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] [[Digambar Kamat]] on 25 March 2010, in his budget speech before the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goabudget.gov.in/assets/documents/speech/minister/2010-11.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goabudget.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502170015/http://goabudget.gov.in/assets/documents/speech/minister/2010-11.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A Committee chaired by the Revenue Minister of Goa [[Jose Philip D'Souza]] steered the creation of the Taluka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dharbandora-taluka-to-have-18-villages/articleshow/7102993.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502171831/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dharbandora-taluka-to-have-18-villages/articleshow/7102993.cms|archive-date=2021-05-02|title=Dharbandora taluka to have 18 villages {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

By a 16 March 2011 notification, the [[Government of Goa]] notified the 18 villages of Aglote, Bandoli, Camarconda, Caranzol, Codli, Colem, Cormonem, Darbandora, Gangem, Molem, Moissal, Piliem, Sancordem, Sangod, Sigao, Sonauli, Surla and [[Usgao]] to incorporate the Dharbandora Taluka.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1011/1011-51-SI-OG.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goaprintingpress.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328123235/https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1011/1011-51-SI-OG.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Gangem and [[Usgao]] were carved out from [[Ponda taluka]] while all the remaining villages were earlier a part of the [[Sanguem]] Taluka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dharbandora-taluka-to-have-18-villages/articleshow/7102993.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502171831/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dharbandora-taluka-to-have-18-villages/articleshow/7102993.cms|archive-date=2021-05-02|title=Dharbandora taluka to have 18 villages {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> However, there was resistance from the people of Gangem and [[Usgao]] villages against the decision of including both villages in the Dharbandora Taluka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/residents-want-usgao-back-in-ponda-taluka/articleshow/7906809.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502172351/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/residents-want-usgao-back-in-ponda-taluka/articleshow/7906809.cms|archive-date=2021-05-02|title=Residents want Usgao back in Ponda taluka {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Vide another notification dated 20 May 2011, the villages of Gangem and [[Usgao]] were reverted to Ponda taluka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/finally-usgao-ganjem-village-panchayat-reverted-to-ponda/articleshow/8542381.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502172952/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/finally-usgao-ganjem-village-panchayat-reverted-to-ponda/articleshow/8542381.cms|archive-date=2021-05-02|title=Finally, Usgao Ganjem village panchayat reverted to Ponda {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-8-SI-OG.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goaprintingpress.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328124610/https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-8-SI-OG.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dharbandora Taluka came into existence as a part of the [[South Goa]] district on 4 April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegoan.net//dharbandora-no-one-cares-for-the-new-kid-on-the-%E2%80%9Cblock%E2%80%9D/2464.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210704173404/https://www.thegoan.net//dharbandora-no-one-cares-for-the-new-kid-on-the-%E2%80%9Cblock%E2%80%9D/2464.html|archive-date = 2021-07-04|title = Dharbandora: No one cares for the new kid on the "block"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Govt issues notification for Dharbandora taluka|date=19 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Navhind Times]]|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/govt-issues-notification-dharbandora-taluka|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429023609/http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/govt-issues-notification-dharbandora-taluka|archivedate=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Satish R. Prabhu was the first [[Tehsildar|Mamlatdar]] of the Dharbandora Taluka.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-1-SII-OG.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goaprintingpress.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328125541/https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-1-SII-OG.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administration==
Dharbandora is a Sub Division headed by the Deputy Collector of Dharbandora. The Dharbandora Taluka is headed by the Mamlatdar and there also exists a Joint Mamlatdar. The Taluka also has other offices such as the Block Development Office, Zonal Agricultural Office,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-21-SII-OG.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goaprintingpress.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502174816/https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-21-SII-OG.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Regional Transport Office, Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, etc. The [[Government of Goa]] has already notified a new Sub-Treasury Office for Dharbandora,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-8-SII-OG.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=goaprintingpress.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502180330/https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-8-SII-OG.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> however, the same has not yet been established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Citizen-Herald/Darbandora-awaits-treasury-office-after-6-years-of-formation/121855 |title=Herald: Darbandora awaits treasury office after 6 years of formation |website=www.heraldgoa.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502180606/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Citizen-Herald/Darbandora-awaits-treasury-office-after-6-years-of-formation/121855 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A new Government Office Building Complex<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/papers_laid_attached/14_file_PB-Coll-South-21.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502180507/https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/papers_laid_attached/14_file_PB-Coll-South-21.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> has been built in Dharbandora which will house all the government offices in Dharbandora.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2020/02/15/goanews/govt-mulls-forming-third-district-of-goa/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210502180141/https://www.navhindtimes.in/2020/02/15/goanews/govt-mulls-forming-third-district-of-goa/|archive-date = 2021-05-02|title = Govt mulls forming third district of Goa - the Navhind Times}}</ref>

== Census Data 2011 ==
There is no reliable data for the demographics and literacy rate in this new Sub-Division of Goa. The primary reason is that it came into existence after the 2011 census.

==Tourism==
[[File:Mahadev Temple of Tambdi Surla.jpg|thumb|Mahadev Temple of Tambdi Surla]]
The famous [[Dudhsagar Falls]] on the [[Mandovi River]] are in [[Mollem]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dudhsagar-falls-see-weakest-ever-start-to-season-with-mere-110-visitors/articleshow/78863817.cms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210502181343/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dudhsagar-falls-see-weakest-ever-start-to-season-with-mere-110-visitors/articleshow/78863817.cms|archive-date = 2021-05-02|title = Dudhsagar falls see weakest ever start to season with mere 110 visitors {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The [[Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park]] are also situated in the Dharbandora Taluka. There are many [[ecotourism]] sites in Dharbandora. The Biodiversity Park at [[Mollem]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mollem-Biodiversity-Park-opened/170693 |title=Herald: Mollem Biodiversity Park opened |website=www.heraldgoa.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505160433/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mollem-Biodiversity-Park-opened/170693 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Satpal [[arboretum]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/surla-locals-want-park-to-promote-areas-butterflies/articleshow/33792595.cms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210505160842/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/surla-locals-want-park-to-promote-areas-butterflies/articleshow/33792595.cms|archive-date = 2021-05-05|title = Surla locals want 'park' to promote area's butterflies {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> are prominent.

Dharbandora Taluka is also home to prominent temples like the [[Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla]] and the Barabhumi Temples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-cultural-treasure-in-the-woods/articleshow/45084108.cms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210502181350/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-cultural-treasure-in-the-woods/articleshow/45084108.cms|archive-date = 2021-05-02|title = A cultural treasure in the woods {{pipe}} Goa News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The Cave at Sigao is a protected monument.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Heritage-of-Shigao/82017 |title=Herald: Heritage of Shigao |website=www.heraldgoa.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502182137/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Heritage-of-Shigao/82017 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://daa.goa.gov.in/list |title=Archived copy |website=daa.goa.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212045726/http://daa.goa.gov.in/list |archive-date=12 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dharbandora|North = [[Satari taluk]]|Northeast = [[Joida]] taluk|East = [[Joida]] taluk|Southeast = [[Joida]] taluk|South = [[Sanguem taluk]]|Southwest = [[Ponda taluk]]|West = [[Ponda taluk]]|Northwest = [[Ponda taluk]]}}
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[[Category:Talukas of Goa]]
[[Category:Geography of South Goa district]]

Dharbandora taluka - Revision history

KiaGreenwald at 14:21, 5 May 2026