Gop, Odisha
Village in Odisha, India
19°59′N 86°01′E / 19.98°N 86.01°E / 19.98; 86.01
IndiaGop (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
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
Gop is part of Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]
See also
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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- Kakatpur
- Nimapara
- Pipili
- Puri
- Satyabadi
- Angul
- Balangir
- Balasore
- Bargarh
- Bhadrak
- Boudh
- Cuttack
- Debagarh
- Dhenkanal
- Gajapati
- Ganjam
- Jagatsinghpur
- Jajpur
- Jharsuguda
- Kalahandi
- Kandhamal
- Kendrapara
- Kendujhar
- Khordha
- Koraput
- Malkangiri
- Mayurbhanj
- Nabarangpur
- Nayagarh
- Nuapada
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- Sambalpur
- Subarnapur
- Sundergarh
