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Gop | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Gop Location in Odisha, India  Gop Gop (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19°59′N 86°01′E / 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 |
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.
Geography
[edit]Gop is located at 20°00′N 86°01′E / 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
[edit]Gop is part of Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.