Sircaim Explained

Official Name:Sircaim
Other Name:Sirsaim
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Goa#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Goa, India
Coordinates:15.6218°N 73.9009°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Goa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:North Goa
Unit Pref:Metric
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Konkani
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:00-91-832
Registration Plate:GA
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
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Sircaim (or Sirsaim) is a village situated in the Bardez sub-district or taluka of Goa, which lies along the west-coast of India. It lies close to or within the mining belt of North Goa. It is home to a football academy for youth, and a jetty for iron-ore transportation. Though located in Bardez, it has also been involved in mining activities which are otherwise mainly based in Bicholim and other sub-districts of Goa.

Area and population

It has an area of 377 hectares, and 713 households. Its population of 2,850 comprises 1,442 males and 1,408 females.[1] In the 0-6 age group, it has a population of 217 children, of whom 117 are male and 100 are female.

Literacy

Of its population 2,422 are literate (1,254 males and 1,168 females), according to the 2011 Census.

Sircaim jetty

Sircaim is home to a jetty, from which one mining company - describing itself as a trader (in ore) -- had some 10,117 metric tonnes of ore at Sircaim in May 2018,[2] around the time when curbs on the processing and exporting of iron ore from Goa were in place due to governmental and court restrictions. This issue came up when the High Court of Bombay at Goa declined to grant relief to mining companies and traders who were seeking a modification of the court's interim order stopping the transportation of privately mined ore in Goa.

Among the companies operationation at Sircaim were ILPL, the Formento Mining-linked Infrastructure Logistics Private Limited, and NRB (NRB Group founded by Narayan R Bandekar), both connected with the jetty.[3]

Industrial plans

In December 2012, the Government of Goa announced plans for a new industrial estate at Sircaim spread over an area of 835,000 square metres, together with new such estates in Tuem (phase III and IV), Sancoale (phase IV), Poinguinim in Canacona and Latambarcem in Bicholim.[4] [5]

Church

The Our Lady of Miracles Church is located in Sircaim.[6]

Banks

It has branches of the HDFC Bank and the State Bank of India in the village.

Post office

Sircaim has its post office (a branch office), under the PIN code of 403502. It is a non-delivery office, coming under the nearby postal taluk of Bicholim, within the Goa postal division, the Goa-Panaji postal region and the Maharashtra postal circle.

Football academy

Sircaim is home to one of the two Sesa Football Academy premises in Goa, the other being at Sanquelim. The Sesa Football Academy Ground is at Sircaim.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Census of Goa 2011: District Census Handbook North Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. 102–103.
  2. Web site: TNN. Mar 30, 2018. Goa Foundation: High Court rejects pleas to allow ore transportation in state Goa News - Times of India. 2020-10-15. The Times of India. en.
  3. Web site: Directorate of Mines & Geology Government Of Goa,India. 2020-10-15. www.dmggoa.goa.gov.in.
  4. Web site: TNN. Dec 22, 2012. Govt to frame investment policy for all industries Goa News - Times of India. 2020-10-15. The Times of India. en.
  5. Web site: Murari Shetye. Jul 22, 2019. Sattari, Bardez, Canacona to get new industrial estates Goa News - Times of India. 2020-10-15. The Times of India. en.
  6. Web site: GCTV Goa. 15 October 2020. Feast Mass, Our Lady of Miracles, Sirsaim Church,Live, Goa 18 May 2020.. YouTube.com.
  7. Web site: Dempo SC to use Sesa ground in Sirsaim Goal.com. 2020-10-15. www.goal.com.