Goa Listeni/ˈɡoʊ.ə/is a state situated in the western locale of India, it is limited by the condition of Maharashtra toward the north, and by Karnataka toward the east and south, while the Arabian Sea frames its western coast. It is India's littlest state by region and the fourth littlest by populace. Goa is one of India's wealthiest states with a GDP per capita over two times that of the nation as a whole.[3] It was positioned the best set state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its foundation and positioned on top for the best personal satisfaction in India by the National Commission on Population taking into account the 12 Indicators.[3]

Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is the biggest city. The memorable city of Margao still displays the social impact of the Portuguese, who initially arrived in the mid sixteenth century as vendors and vanquished it before long. Goa is a previous Portuguese region; the Portuguese abroad region of Portuguese India existed for around 450 years until it was attached by India in 1961.[4][5]

Goa is gone to by huge quantities of global and local visitors every year for its shorelines, spots of love and world legacy structural engineering. It additionally has rich widely varied vegetation, inferable from its area on the Western Ghats range, which is named a biodiversity hotspot.