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