Gopikandar, Dumka

This article is about the village in Jharkhand, India. For its namesake community development block, see Gopikandar.

Gopikandar
Village
Gopikandar Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Gopikandar Gopikandar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°26′10″N87°28′56″E / 24.436111°N 87.482167°E / 24.436111; 87.482167
Country	India
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.nic.in

Gopikandar is a village in the Gopikandar CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

15km
10miles

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H

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A

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Mayurakshi River

Ajay River

Barakar River

Massanjore
Dam

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Rasikpur

CT

Purana
Dumka

CT

Dudhani

CT

Karmatanr

CT

Mihijam

M

Jamtara

M

Basukinath

M

Dumka

M

Madhupur

M

Jasidih

M

Deoghar

M

Narayanpur

R

Nala

R

Kundahit

R

Fatehpur

R

Bindapathar

R

Basudih

R

Bagdahari

R

Tongra

RV

Taljhari

R

Shikaripara

R

Saraiyahat

R

Ranishwar

R

Ramgarh

R

Masalia

R

Maluti

R

Kathikund

R

Jarmundi

R

Jama

R

Hansdiha

R

Gopikandar

R

Sarwan

R

Sarath

R

Palojori

R

Mohanpur

R

Margomunda

R

Karon

R

Devipur

R

Sonaraithari

R

Chitra

R

  

Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Gopikandar is located at 24°26′10″N87°14′58″E / 24.436111°N 87.249444°E / 24.436111; 87.249444 .

Overview

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.

Area

Gopikandar has an area of 137.52 hectares (339.8 acres). ^[2]

Demographics

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]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Gopikandar. ^[3]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Gopikandar CD block is at Gopikandar village. ^[4]

Education

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]

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Dumka on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
5. "KGBV Gopikandar". Schools.org. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
6. "High School Gopikandar". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
7. "Project Girls HS Gopikandar". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
8. "St. AV HS Gopikandar". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.