PORT. It has a deep natural harbour and is the most important port of Goa.It has CONTRIBUTED largely to the growth of maritime TRADE in India.It is one of the major exporters of iron ore EXPORTING around 27.3 million TONNES of iron ore.According to the 2001 census, it has a population of around 97000.Major languages spoken are Kannad, Marathi, Hindi, English, and Konkani is the state language.