# Colvale

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| subdivision_name2       = [North Goa](/source/North_Goa)
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'''Colvale''' is a [census town](/source/census_town) in [North Goa district](/source/North_Goa_district) in the state of [Goa](/source/Goa), [India](/source/India). It has been a scenic and historic village, though in recent years changed by out-migration and in-migration. It is the last border village on Bardez or Bardes (then the 'Old Conquest' boundary in [Portuguese](/source/Portugal)-ruled colonial Goa. On the edge of Colvale is the Chapora river, after which is the next ''taluka'' (sub-district), and Goa's northernmost, of Pernem.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [census](/source/census),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Colvale had a population of 5475. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Colvale has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and, female literacy is 69%. In Colvale, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Industrial estate==
Currently, Colvale is home to a [Government of Goa](/source/Government_of_Goa)-run industrial estate. There are, as of 2021, some 25 units in production at the Colvale industrial estate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Goa (DITC)|date=2018-07-13|title=Colvale|url=http://ditc.goa.gov.in/colvale|access-date=2021-04-30|website=ditc.goa.gov.in|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*Antu [Shenoy](/source/Shenoy) the forefather of [Abbe Faria](/source/Abbe_Faria), [Goa](/source/Goa)n [hypnotist](/source/hypnotist){{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
*[Wendell Rodricks](/source/Wendell_Rodricks)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Herald |date=2020-02-14 |title=Padma Shri Wendell Rodricks laid to rest in Colvale |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/padma-shri-wendell-rodricks-laid-to-rest-in-colvale/156941 |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref> (1956-2020) Indian designer and author of ''Moda Goa'', ''The Green Room'' and ''Poskem: Goans in the Shadows''.
*[Kalki Kochelin](/source/Kalki_Kochelin), actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomes |first=Venita |title=Celebrities and their Goa stories |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/ampstories/web-stories/celebrities-and-their-goa-stories |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Goa Travel News on Gomantak Times |language=en}}</ref>

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGjuYKX9DI0 The Chikhli-Colvale Experience, Goa in the Monsoons 2021]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ftkkDl4YE Colvale, Goa - Exploring The Streets of Colvale | Wendell Rodricks Hometown]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsjSDc4qn7E Colvale North Goa]

==References==
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Category:Cities and towns in North Goa district

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