{{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 = State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name1 = Goa | subdivision_name2 = Kushavati district
| established_title = Carved out of 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 = Major villages | parts_style = | p1 = Aglote <br />Bandoli <br />Codli <br />Collem <br />Caranzol <br />Camarconda <br />Cormonem <br />Dharbandora <br />Moissal <br />Mollem <br />Piliem <br />Sancordem <br />Sangod <br />Sigao <br />Sonauli <br />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 = Mamlatdar | leader_name1 = Pravinjay Pandit | leader_title2 = Lok Sabha constituency | leader_name2 = - | leader_title3 = Assembly constituency | leader_name3 = Sanvordem | leader_title4 = 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 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 = GA-12 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 4034XX, 4037XX }}
'''Dharbandora''' is a ''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=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 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== 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== {{Reflist}} {{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}} {{Goa topics}}
Category:Talukas of Goa Category:Geography of South Goa district