Gopalnagar is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the state West Bengal, India.
Gopal Nagar | |
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Village | |
  Gopal Nagar Location in West Bengal, India  Gopal Nagar Gopal Nagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°49′44″N 88°12′50″E / 22.82889°N 88.21389°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,232 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Website | http://www.gopalnagar.info |
Geography
editGopalnagar is located at 22°49′44″N 88°12′50″E / 22.82889°N 88.21389°E.[1]
Demographics
editAs per the 2011 Census of India Gopalnagar had a population of 12,232 of which 6,278 (51%) were males and 5,954 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 933. The number of literates in Gopalnagar was 9,901 (87.63% of the population over 6 years).[2]
Economy
editTata Motors at Singur
editSingur gained international media attention since Tata Motors started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the Tata Nano at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008.[3] In October 2008 Tatas announced withdrawal from the project.[4] Six villages – Bajemelia, Beraberi, Gopalnagar, Joymolla, Khaser Bheri and Sinher Bheri – were affected by land acquisition.[5][6] In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government’s acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.[7][8]
Education
editGopalnagar High School is a coeducational higher secondary school, established in 1962 at PO Gopalnagar Harharia. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, history, geography, political science, economics and mathematics.[9][10]
Transport
editSingur railway station is the nearest railway station.
References
edit- ^ "Gopalnagar Recreation Club". Hooghly district. Wikimapia. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Tata Motors' small car to roll out of Singur by 2008". The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Tata's Singur Withdrawal 'slap' for West Bengal: Biman Bose". Two Circles.net, 4 October 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Land Acquisition and Compensation: What Really Happened in Singur?" (PDF). Maitresh Ghatak, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, Anusha Nath. Economic and Political Weekly, 25 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Singur: Six years later". 25 December 2012. TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Rajagopal, Krishnadas. "Return land to Farmers: SC orders West Bengal govt". The Hindu, 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Bengal to return Singur land to farmers on Sept 14". The Hindu Business Line, 12 September 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Gopalnagar High School". West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Gopalnagar High School". Kulguru. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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