Gop, Odisha
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 | |
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Village | |
Gop Location in Odisha, India Gop Gop (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19.98°N 86.01°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Puri |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | OD |
| Website | odisha |
Geography
Gop is located at 20.00°N 86.01°E.[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]
Politics
Gop is part of Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]
References
- Gop Map — Satellite Images of Gop
- "Weather statistics for Gop in Odisha (India)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- Gop PIN Code, Puri
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gop
- Harish Chandra Das (1985). Cultural development in Orissa. Punthi Pustak. p. 262.
- "Village Biratunga is located near Gop". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- various. Eng Mahabharata Revisited 1. Sahitya Akademi. p. 2. ISBN 978-81-260-2123-9.
- "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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