Gopalnagar Explained

Gopal Nagar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:22.8289°N 88.2139°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hooghly
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:12,232
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Website:http://www.gopalnagar.info
Iso Code:IN-WB

Gopalnagar is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the state West Bengal, India.

Geography

Gopalnagar is located at 22.8289°N 88.2139°W.[1]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Gopalnagar had a population of 12,232 of which 6,278 (51%) were males and 5,954 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 933. The number of literates in Gopalnagar was 9,901 (87.63% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Economy

Tata Motors at Singur

See main article: article and Tata Nano Singur controversy. Singur gained international media attention since Tata Motors started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the Tata Nano at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008.[3] In October 2008 Tatas announced withdrawal from the project.[4] Six villages – Bajemelia, Beraberi, Gopalnagar, Joymolla, Khaser Bheri and Sinher Bheri – were affected by land acquisition.[5] [6] In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government’s acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.[7] [8]

Education

Gopalnagar High School is a coeducational higher secondary school, established in 1962 at PO Gopalnagar Harharia. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, history, geography, political science, economics and mathematics.[9] [10]

Transport

Singur railway station is the nearest railway station.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gopalnagar Recreation Club . Hooghly district. Wikimapia . 13 June 2016.
  2. Web site: C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 13 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Tata Motors’ small car to roll out of Singur by 2008 . The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006 . 3 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Tata’s Singur Withdrawal ‘slap’ for West Bengal: Biman Bose. Two Circles.net, 4 October 2008 . 24 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Land Acquisition and Compensation: What Really Happened in Singur? . Maitresh Ghatak, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, Anusha Nath. Economic and Political Weekly, 25 May 2013 . 3 June 2016.
  6. Web site: Singur: Six years later . 25 December 2012 . TwoCircles.net . 13 June 2016.
  7. Web site: Return land to Farmers: SC orders West Bengal govt.. Krishnadas . Rajagopal. 8 June 2017 . The Hindu, 31 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Bengal to return Singur land to farmers on Sept 14 . 8 June 2017 . The Hindu Business Line, 12 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Gopalnagar High School. West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education . 6 October 2018.
  10. Web site: Gopalnagar High School . Kulguru . 6 October 2018.

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