| Official Name: | Shiroda |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map: | India Goa#India |
| Coordinates: | 15.3292°N 74.0271°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
| Subdivision Name1: | Goa |
| Subdivision Name2: | South Goa |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ponda |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.15 |
| Elevation M: | 9 |
| Population Total: | 14112 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4457 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 403103[1] |
| Area Code: | 08343 |
| Timezone: | IST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Shiroda is a village in Ponda Taluka in South Goa District, Goa, India. The village has a population of 14,112 (Male: 6,928 Female: 7,184) based on 2001 census data.
A 13-km drive from Ponda brings you into Shiroda. It is located 36 kilometres east of the state capital Panaji, via NH4A. The village is bordered by the Zuari river on side and the villages of Bethora, Panchawadi, Nirankal and Borim on the other.
Shiroda houses one of the engineering colleges of Goa, Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology and two colleges of Alternative medicine, the Gomantak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya & Research Centre and Shri Kamaxshi Devi Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital. There are 20 govt primary schools one middle school 7 high schools and two higher secondary schools.
The name "Shiroda" is derived from "Shivanath", which translates to "Drawn from god".
Shiroda is very popular for its Kamakshi Temple. People visit this temple on Amavasya or New moon day of every month. Every year on the day of Shivaratri, a grand temple festival or zatra is held which is attended by thousands of devotees from Goa as well as Karnataka and Maharashtra. Other temples include Ravalnath (which is situated in Shiroda market) Mahamaya, Madhav, Veer Bhadra, Betal, Shivnath, Narayan Dev, Kelbai Sateri, Kshetrapal, Mahamaya, Brahma Durga, Bhagwati and Mandaleshwara. The village's oldest temple is Mandaleshwar, which was built in the eight century and houses the village deity (gram devta). Near the Madhav temple lies the holy place made of stone and mud, called Vato. It now lies in ruins.Besides, above gram devatas, there are temples of Maruti, Vithoba, Krishna, Satyanarayana, Laxminarayan, Siddhivinayak, Jalmi, Rama, and Shripad Shrivallabh.
Shiroda has a church situated in Karai, namely St. Joseph Church, which holds Goa's biggest Eucharistic cross.
Shiroda community celebrates Shigmo, Dhendlo, carnival, and Dasara which is a day later than whole Goa's Dasara festival. The Dasara starts at Betal Temple and then proceeds to Valpeshwar Temple and then to Ravalnath Temple.[2]
According to the 2011 Census, Shiroda has a population of about 14,000, with 21% belonging to the Scheduled tribes and 2% to the Scheduled castes. About 38% of the population belongs to the working class. 88% of the population is literate.[3]
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