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Gop( (also known as "Gope")   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. The important villages like Biratunga, Begunia, Nimapara, Nagapur, Kakatpur, Bhaimapur, Ganeswarpur, Kusabhadra are sorrounding to Gop.

Geography
Gop is located at. 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.

Politics
Gop is part of Puri (Lok Sabha constituency).