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The scenic Bastora village is located next to the commercially ‘happening’ market city of Mapusa. The National Highway separates the village from main city. But a small yet significant part of the village is attached to Mapusa on the southern part of the highway. The bridge of the Tar river joins the village to the city.
Basthora is a small village with a total area of 322,17.25 sqr mtrs. A total of 280,62.25 sq mts of this is agricultural land.
One of the premier educational institutes in Goa, St Xaviers College which is now located in Mapusa was initially situated at Basthora. Goa's oldest ice factory and a handloom mill were situated here. It is also home to a prominent publishing and printing institution that played a key role in Goa's intellectual life for decades, Tipografia Rangel.It is now home to Asha Bhawan a drug rehabilitation's home at Boa Vista.
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The village takes pride in its secular culture. Places of
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worship in the village include Shri Sat Purush Bandeshwar Mandir, Siddheshwar Mandir, St. Cajetan Church etc.
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Bastora Village at a Glance
Total Voters 2718 - Male 1313, Female 1405
Total area : 322,17.25 sqr mtrs.
Total agricultural land : 280,62.25 sq
Health facilities :One sub health centre
Educational facilities :
Govt primary schools, Xell, Bastora
Govt primary schools, St Cruz, Bastora
Secondary school: Holy Cross High School
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BASTORA VILLAGE IS KNOWN FOR
* First water polo in Goa
* First college in Goa
* First printing press in Goa -Tipografia Rangel - launched in 1886, this printing press and publishing house —whose imprint marks many books published in Goa during the period—continued in operation till 1994. It was founded by Janin Rangel. Its books are still visible in libraries across the world.
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The Bastora village caters to the fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products needs of Mapusa. The small scale Poultry farming industry of Basthora also provides poultry related products to the city.
During the Portuguese regime water polo sport used to be played in the village lake. People from across Goa used to come to Basthora to see and enjoy this one of a kind sports activity. Unfortunately, over the years due to construction activities around the lake this suave sport went into oblivion. Thousand of Ganesh idols from Mapusa and surrounding places are immersed at Bastora after the festive season. Devotees used to face lot of inconvenience due to the marshy land around the immersion point. The panchayat has now tiled the entire place in its beautification drive. This surely has provided a lot of convenience to the devotees.
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Rocky Moniz - Panch Member
Other Office Bearers
Dattaram Korgaokar - Copted member
P E Mandrekar - VP Secretary
Sarvesh N Parab - Talathi
Rajkumar Chodankar - Gramsevak
Kishor Padkar - Gram rojgar sevak
Umesh D Chari - VP Clerk
Narendra Kanolkar -VP Peon
Panchyat Phone (0832) 2260003
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