Gopalpur Khadana Explained

Gopalpur Khadana
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:29.2144°N 77.3162°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Baghpat
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Baraut
Elevation M:233
Population Total:875
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1: 
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30
Postal Code Type:Pincode
Postal Code:250623
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:01234

Gopalpur Khadana is a village in Baraut tehsil, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] The village is administrated by a Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is an elected representative.

Speciality

A famous temple NIMBAR WALA is near GOPALPUR KHADANA. It is located on the bank of Krishna river, which is a tributary of Hindon river. It is surrounded on two sides by the river Krishna. Now-a-days, Krishna river acts as drainage for sugar mills, located nearby and polluting ground water table of the area.People of this village are, predominantly, farmers, principally growing sugarcane as cash crop.At Holi villagers play Tilhendi [Next day of Dulhendi]. They enjoy this festival with water. They Dance, and play music.

Population

The population of Gopalpur Khadana was 873, of which 506 were male and 367 female, at the time of the 2011 Census of India. Children aged 0-6 numbered 108, being 12.37% of the total population. The Average Sex Ratio was 725, which was lower than the Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. The Child Sex Ratio was 800, lower than the Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

At that time, Gopalpur Khadana had a higher literacy rate than the state average, being 72.81% compared to 67.68%. Male literacy was 85.20% and the female literacy rate was 55.49%.

Schedule Castes (SC) constituted 8.71% of the population; there were no members of Schedule Tribes.

Occupations

In Gopalpur Khadana village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 95.99% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.01% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer. Most of the villagers own land and are marginal farmers.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://bagpat.nic.in/villagelist.pdf "Local Government Directory - All Villages of Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh State"