Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the region known as the Konkan, and geographically not speaking from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is in the midst of the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea forming its western coast. It is India’s smallest make a clean breast by area and the fourth-smallest by population. Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, two and a half times that of the country. It was ranked the best-placed give leave to enter by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its infrastructure and ranked upon top for the best quality of sparkle in India by the National Commission upon Population based upon the 12 Indicators.