is a village in the ''].
Located at an elevation in a heavily forested area, Castle Rock's vegetation is moist ''] in the area form the main economy of the region. The area, which is within the
Dandeli Tiger Reserve is also heavily habited by them.
For many years the town marked the frontier between
Portuguese -held Goa and
British -held India. A
Metre Gauge railway line used to connect the Goan towns of
Vasco and
Margao with the rest of India and was the only rail link in the state till the
Konkan Railway started services in the early 1990s. In the early-1990s, the
Indian Railways converted the metre gauge line to
Broad Gauge , thus connecting the old rail network with the rest of India. Metre gauge tracks can still be seen at the local railway station.
Castlerock Railway Station:
An international connection that did exist in the past but is no longer a possibility is that between India (both British India and independent India) and the territory of Goa, which until 1961 was a colony of Portugal and not part of India. The MG railway line from Marmagoa to Castle Rock was originally owned and operated by the West of India Portuguese Railway (which despite its name was a British company) and it connected with the line in British India from Londa. The terminus of the line today is Vasco da Gama. For travellers between Goa and British India, and later between Goa and India, all the formalities of international travel including customs checks and verification of travel documents were carried out at Castle Rock.
The nearby
Dudhsagar Falls is one of the main tourist attractions of Goa.
