Gop, Odisha

Coordinates: 19°59′N 86°01′E / 19.98°N 86.01°E / 19.98; 86.01
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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.

Geography[edit]

Gop is located at 20°00′N 86°01′E / 20.00°N 86.01°E / 20.00; 86.01.[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]

  1. ^ Gop Map — Satellite Images of Gop
  2. ^ Weather statistics for Gop in Odisha (India)
  3. ^ Gop PIN Code, Puri
  4. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gop
  5. ^ Harish Chandra Das (1985). Cultural development in Orissa. Punthi Pustak. p. 262.
  6. ^ "Village Biratunga is located near Gop". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  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.