Calangute - Divisions

Divisions

Calangute is divided by a ward (vaddo) system which breaks it up into:

• Gauravaddo (east & west) ward of the "Gaudds", or more probably of "gauri" (milk diary)
• Agarwaddo ward of salt pans ("agor")
• Tivaivaddo A ward near the seashore
• Naikavaddo ward that used to be resided by Naik community
• Maddovaddo ward full of coconut trees ("madd")
• Porbavaddo ward that used to be resided by porob community ("prabhu")
• Dongorpur & Boa-Viagem city of hill, because it lies on the hill
• Umtavaddo according to tradition, the people from Carambolim came to Calangute on camels, during an epidemic there, they were Prabhus
• Chobravaddo probably there was more "khobrem" there (copra=coconut) dried for extracting oil
• Sauntavaddo the ward where the Saunte (Savant) resided
• Baga derived from the goddess Bhagvati, since there was a temple in her honour, which gave the name to the river and the ward, also called Vaddol, because of the muddy conditions there (usually considered a part of Calangute)