Gop, Odisha
Gop | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Gop Location in Odisha, India  Gop Gop (India) | |
| Coordinates:19°59′N86°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 aGrama Panchayatunder jurisdiction ofPuri districtin theIndianstateofOdisha.
Geography
[edit]Gop is located at20°00′N86°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 fromPuri,at the junction where theKonarkroad branches from theBhubaneswartoPuriroad.[7]
Politics
[edit]Gop is part ofJagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Gop Map — Satellite Images of Gop
- ^"Weather statistics for Gop in Odisha (India)".Archived fromthe originalon 18 October 2012.Retrieved13 June2011.
- ^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 fromthe originalon 17 June 2011.Retrieved13 June2011.
- ^various.Eng Mahabharata Revisited 1.Sahitya Akademi. p. 2.ISBN978-81-260-2123-9.
- ^"Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha"(PDF).Election Commission of India. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 November 2005.Retrieved17 September2008.