Gop, Odisha


Gop is a Village and a Grama Panchayat in the Puri district of the Indian state of Odisha.

Geography

Gop is located at. It has an average elevation of 6 metres.
Gop is famous for the Sun temple, Kathiawar comprises square sanctum circumscribed by double courtyards. The important places like Biratunga, 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.

Politics

Gop is part of Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).