Gopikandar is a village in the Gopikandar CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Gopikandar
ᱜᱳᱯᱤᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱨ | |
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Village | |
Gopikandar Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of JharkhandGopikandar Gopikandar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates: 24.436111°N 87.482167°E / 24.436111; 87.482167 | |
| Country | |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Dumka |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,293 |
| Languages (*For language details see Gopikandar#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 814103 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06427 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Litipara |
| Website | dumka |
Gopikandar is located at 24.436111°N 87.249444°E / 24.436111; 87.249444.
The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[1]
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.
Gopikandar has an area of 137.52 hectares (339.8 acres).[2]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Gopikandar had a total population of 1,293, of which 654 (51%) were males and 639 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 186. The total number of literate persons in Gopikandar was 1,107 (64.77% of the population over 6 years). [2]
There is a police station at Gopikandar.[3]
Headquarters of Gopikandar CD block is at Gopikandar village.[4]
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Gopikandar, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[5]
Government High School Gopikandar is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.[6]
Project Girls High School Gopikandar is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1984. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X.[7]
St. Aloysius High School is a Hindi-medium boys only institution established in 1954. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X.[8]
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