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Gopikandar
Village
Gopikandar Rural places
GopikandarLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandGopikandarGopikandar (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°26′10″N 87°28′56″E / 24.436111°N 87.482167°E / 24.436111; 87.482167
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Population
• 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

Location

Gopikandar is located at 24°26′10″N 87°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.

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Area

Gopikandar has an area of 137.52 hectares (339.8 acres).

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).

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Gopikandar.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Gopikandar CD block is at Gopikandar village.

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.

Government High School Gopikandar is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.

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.

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.

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.

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