Moitem

Moitem
Moitem ; मोइतेम
	village
	Moitem Location in Goa, India Moitem Moitem (India)
	Coordinates: 15°37′15″N 73°53′51″E
Country	India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Languages
• Official	Konkani
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	00-91-832
Vehicle registration	GA
Nearest city	Mapusa
Website	goa.gov.in

Moitem (मोइतेम) is a small village situated in the Bardez sub-district or taluka of Goa, which lies along the west-coast of India. It is in the vicinity of the Assonora water treatment plant, which caters to the water needs of much of North Goa.

Area, population, literacy

Moitem is spread over 88.52 hectares, and has 190 households, with a population of 860 Of these, 420 are male and 440 are female.[1] A total of 73 children are in the zero-to-six age group. Some 714 persons (374 males and 340 females) are literate in the village.[1]

Location

Mahindra Holidays chairman Arun Nanda has been quoted as describing their resort in 2016 in the locality as being on a greenfield site, in "Assonora is in Goa which is a very beautiful resort. It is over nearly 50 acres of land, it will be a very different experience something Indian tourist have not seen before. Totally family focused."[2]

RTI case

Moitem village was in the news in May 2019, when additional collector and appellate authority Dasharat Redkar ruled in a Right to Information case that citizens would no longer have to pay "exorbitant fees" -- of Rs 51 per photocopied page -- when seeking documents pertaining to the Goa government's revenue department under the Right to Information Act.[3] This case was filed by Swapnesh Sherlekar over from agricultural to non-agricultural, in Moitem village of Bardez, for commercial purposes by the Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Limited.[3]

References

Census of India, 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. District Census Handbook. Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract. Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. pp. 102–3.
[httpd://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/higher-upgrades-aiding-average-realisations-mahindra-holidays-963689.html "Higher upgrades aiding average realisations: Mahindra Holidays"]. Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
May 28, TNN /; 2019; Ist, 04:17. "RTI documents to no longer cost citizens Rs 51 per page | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-10-15.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[Census-1] Census of India, 2011: Goa. Series 31, Part XIIB. District Census Handbook. Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract. Directorate of Census Operations, Goa. 2014. pp. 102–3.

[2] [httpd://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/higher-upgrades-aiding-average-realisations-mahindra-holidays-963689.html "Higher upgrades aiding average realisations: Mahindra Holidays"]. Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2020-10-15.

[RTI-3] May 28, TNN /; 2019; Ist, 04:17. "RTI documents to no longer cost citizens Rs 51 per page | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-10-15.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)