Geographical location of the Village


 Hello Everyone! This is my first post in the beautiful world of blogs and I am so excited to share my first post.

I'm Vinita Kankonkar and I love to explore the hidden culture of villages. So in this post I'm going to introduce the village of Carambolim and it's geographical features location of the Carambolim village.










Carambolim is also known as Karmali or Kormbolle for the locals is a small village in Goa that is situated at about 12kms from Panjim in the Tiswadi Taluka. It is the first village one comes across on one's way from Velha Goa. It is located 14km towards East from district headquarters Panjim, 2km from Tiswadi and 14km from State capital Panjim.



The village is in the border of the North Goa District and South Goa District. In South Goa District, Mormugao is West towards this place. It is near to the Arabian sea and there is a chance of humidity in the weather. The pin code of Carambolim is 403110 and postal head office is Corlim IE. Goa Velha, Panjim, Mormugao, Mapusa are the nearby cities to Carambolim.

I hope you have enjoyed my first blog. I'll be again here with more informative knowledge to share with you.

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