Quepem taluka

Quepem
Quepem
Taluka
	Location of Quepem in South Goa district in Goa
	Coordinates: 15°12′45″N 74°04′24″E / 15.212450°N 74.07323°E
Country	India
State	Goa
District	South Goa district
Headquarters	Quepem
Settlements (as of 2011)	2 Cities ; 1 Town ; 35 Villages
Government
• Tehsildar	Rohit Kadam
• Lok Sabha constituency	na
• Assembly constituency	na
• MLA	na
Population (2011)
• Taluka	81,193
• Urban	55.37%
Demographics
• Literacy rate	na
• Sex ratio	na
PIN	4037XX
Vehicle registration	GA-09
Rain	na

Quepem is a taluka of South Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is an administrative region of Goa, India.

Demographics[edit]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, Quepem had a population of 81,193 with sex ratio of 994 females to 1,000 males. Quepem Taluka has an average literacy rate of 82.93%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 87.5% and female literacy is 78.35%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.15% and 31.15% of the population, respectively. 55.37% of the population lives in urban areas.^[1]

Religion[edit]

Religion in Quepem Taluka (2011)^[2]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			63.78%
Christianity			29.45%
Islam			6.53%
Other or not stated			0.24%

Hinduism is followed by the majority of population of Quepem Taluka. Christians form a significant minority. At the time of the 2011 Census of India 63.78% of the population of the Taluka followed Hinduism, 29.45% Christianity, 6.53% Islam and 0.24% of the population followed other religions or did not state their religious affiliation.^[2]

Languages[edit]

Konkani and Marathi are among the most commonly spoken languages in Quepem Taluka.

Languages of Quepem Taluka (2011)^[3]

Konkani (75.63%)

Marathi (8.25%)

Hindi (6.06%)

Kannada (4.13%)

Urdu (2.00%)

Others (3.93%)

At the time of 2011 Census of India, 75.63% of the population of Quepem Taluka spoke Konkani, 8.25% Marathi, 6.06% Hindi, 4.13% Kannada and 2.00% Urdu as their first language.^[3]