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Gopapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Gopapur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Ghatgaon mandal is Jaleshwar Mahadev Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gopapur itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Gopapur is a village in Ghatgaon mandal, Kendujhar district, Odisha, with a population of 511 persons in 116 households. The literacy rate is 70.5%, and the PIN is 758029.
By population, Gopapur ranks #99 of 140 villages in Ghatgaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopapur is a village of 511 people in 116 households (Census 2011) in Ghatgaon block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 99th-largest of 140 villages in Ghatgaon block. Literacy is 71%, 13 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Kendujhar district centre, 28 km from Nuagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 758029, served by Dhenkikote post office; the LGD village code is 386575. The nearest hospital or health centre is Utkal Kidney Foundation Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is JANARDAN NAIK, and the village votes in Baramba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera. The population is estimated at 602 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gopapur · this village | 511 | 71% | — |
| Rasalpur · Baliapal | 2,348 | 71% | 0 km N |
| Gunapur · Baliapal | 748 | 77% | 0 km N |
| Gopapur · Palalahada | 108 | 37% | 0 km N |
| Mohanpur · Palalahada | 124 | 46% | 0 km N |
| Solabandha · Narasinghpur | — | — | 0.7 km SE |
| Solabandha · Narasinghpur | 1,422 | 63% | 0.7 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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