Gopalnagar, North 24 Parganas

Gopalnagar is a village and a gram panchayat in Bangaon CD Block in Bangaon subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Gopalnagar
Village
Gopalnagar
Location in West Bengal, India
Gopalnagar
Gopalnagar (India)
Coordinates: 23.06479°N 88.760568°E / 23.06479; 88.760568
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,174
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
743262 (Gopalnagar)
Telephone/STD code03215
Lok Sabha constituencyBangaon
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBangaon Uttar
For village with same name in Hooghly district, see Gopalnagar.

Police station

Gopalnagar police station covers an area of 169 km2 and serves a population of 380,793. It has jurisdiction over Bangaon CD Block.[1]

Bank

There is a bank located in the south of the town, belonging to the Gopalnagar branch of the State Bank of India [2]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Gopalnagar had a total population of 2,174, of which 1,106 (51%) were males and 1,068 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 199. The total number of literates in Gopalnagar was 1,688 (85.47% of the population over 6 years).[3]

Transport

SH 1 runs through Gopalnagar.[4]

Gopalnagar is a station on the Ranaghat-Bangaon section.[5]

Bus service-

Route 20-Chakdaha-Bangaon (via Bishnupur, Gopalnagar)

Route 28-Chakdaha-Bangaon (via Nimtala, Gopalnagar)

Route 95-Ashoknagar-Bangaon (via Habra, Gopalnagar)

Education

Gopalnagar Haripada Institution is a co-educational school with arrangements for teaching from class V to XII. The renowned author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay had taught in this school.[6][7][8]

Gopalnagar Giribala Balika Vidyalaya is a girls only higher secondary school.[8]

Notable residents

References
  1. "North 24 Parganas Dist. Police". Know Your Police Station. District Police. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/ifsccode/bank-state-bank-of-india,state-west-bengal,district-south-24-parganas,branch-gopalnagar,ifsccode-SBIN0018542.cms
  3. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. Google maps
  5. "33711 Ranaghat-Bangaon local". Time Table. India Railinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  6. "Gopalnagar Haripada Institution". Target Study. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. "Gopalnagar Haripada Institution". Find Glocal. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  8. "List of Institutions". Page 23. West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Retrieved 6 May 2018.


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