Gop
Town
Gop is located in Odisha
Gop
Gop
Location in Odisha, India
Gop is located in India
Gop
Gop
Gop (India)
Coordinates: 19°59′N 86°01′E / 19.98°N 86.01°E / 19.98; 86.01
Country India
StateOdisha
DistrictPuri
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialOdia
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationOD
Websiteodisha.gov.in

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

Geography

Gop is located at 20°00′N 86°01′E / 20.00°N 86.01°E / 20.00; 86.01.[6] It has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft).

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

References

  1. ^ Gop Map — Satellite Images of Gop
  2. ^ Weather statistics for Gop in Odisha (India)
  3. ^ Gop PIN Code, Puri
  4. ^ Harish Chandra Das (1985). Cultural development in Orissa. Punthi Pustak. p. 262.
  5. ^ "Village Biratunga is located near Gop". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  6. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gop
  7. ^ various. Eng Mahabharata Revisited 1. Sahitya Akademi. p. 2. ISBN 978-81-260-2123-9.
  8. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
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