Gop
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Gop is located in Odisha
Gop
Gop
Location in Orissa, India
Coordinates: 19°59′N 86°01′E / 19.98°N 86.01°E / 19.98; 86.01
Country India
StateOrissa
DistrictPuri
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialOriya
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)


Gop( (also known as "Gope") [1][2][3] is a town and a notified area committee under jurisdiction of Puri district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is one of the main block covered under Puri district. It is famous for the Sun temple, Kathiawar (5th and 6th century AD) comprises square sanctum circumscribed by double courtyards.[4] The important villages like Biratunga, [5]Begunia, Nimapara, Nagapur, Kakatpur, Bhaimapur, Ganeswarpur, Kusabhadra are sorrounding to Gop.

Geography

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

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

Demographics

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Economy

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Education

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Politics

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

See Also

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References

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  1. ^ Gop Map — Satellite Images of Gop
  2. ^ Weather statistics for Gop in Orissa (India)
  3. ^ Gop PIN Code, Puri
  4. ^ Harish Chandra Das (1985). Cultural development in Orissa. Punthi Pustak. p. 262. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  5. ^ Village Biratunga is located near Gop
  6. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gop
  7. ^ various. Eng Mahabharata Revisited 1. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 2–. ISBN 9788126021239. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-09-17.