Gop, Odisha Explained

Gop
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Odisha#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates:19.98°N 86.01°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Odisha
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Puri
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:5
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Odia
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:OD

Gop (also known as "Gope")[1] [2] [3] is a Village and a Grama Panchayat under jurisdiction of Puri district in the Indian state of Odisha.

Geography

Gop is located at .[4] It has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft).

Gop is famous for the Sun temple, Kathiawar (5th and 6th century AD) comprises square sanctum circumscribed by double courtyards.[5] The important places like Biratunga,[6] Begunia, Nimapara, Nagapur, Kakatpur, Bhaimapur, Ganeswarpur, Kusabhadra surround Gop.

It is about thirty kilometres from Puri, at the junction where the Konark road branches from the Bhubaneswar to Puri road.[7]

Politics

Gop is part of Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.maplandia.com/india/orissa/puri/gop/ Gop Map — Satellite Images of Gop
  2. Web site: Weather statistics for Gop in Odisha (India) . 13 June 2011 . 18 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018042040/http://www.yr.no/place/India/Orissa/Gop/statistics.html . dead .
  3. http://pincode.bizwise.in/gop-752110.html Gop PIN Code, Puri
  4. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Gop.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gop
  5. Book: Harish Chandra Das. Cultural development in Orissa. 1985. Punthi Pustak. 262.
  6. Web site: Village Biratunga is located near Gop . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110617055800/http://www.orissapanchayat.gov.in/DT2009/SearchVillageWise.asp . 17 June 2011 . dead .
  7. Book: various. Eng Mahabharata Revisited 1. Sahitya Akademi. 978-81-260-2123-9. 2.
  8. Web site: Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha . Election Commission of India . 2008-09-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051108040424/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf . 2005-11-08 .