Nachinola is divided into three vadde (village sub-divisions) that are called Vainguinn, Zoidar, and Borvonn.

Nachinola village is hidden from the main road that passes through it and connects Mapusa to Aldona.

Moreno De Souza wrote that the small church lies tucked away in a corner and does not get noticed much.

The frontispiece has Rococo curves flanking a broken pediment that frames a relief of the Sacred Heart.

[5] The cemetery was expanded and blessed by Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão on June 20, 1998.

[3] According to Rui Gomes Pereira, prior to conversions, the area had temples devoted to Ramanatha, Malkumi (Mahalakshimi), Gram-purusha, Ravalnatha, Vetall and Gopinatha.

[6] Deities Vetall, Ramanatha, Mahalakshimi and Ravalnatha were shifted to Advalpale of Bicholim, due to religious intolerance in colonial Goa.

[9] The Caritas orphanage Obra de Proteção a Mulher, one of only two homes in Goa that are adoption agencies, is run by the Congregation of Sisters Adorers Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity (AASC).

[12] In August 2020, farmers from Nachinola complained waterlogging in their fields was destroying crops because the drains had not been de-silted and the problem was ongoing for two years.