Gopiganj is a town and a
municipal board
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in
Sant Ravidas Nagar district
Bhadohi District is a District of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Gyanpur is the district headquarters. Bhadohi is one of largest centres of Carpet Industries in India and is worldwide known as 'Carpet City of India'. Carpet ...
in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
. It is located beside the river Ganges, almost equidistant from Prayagraj and Varanasi on National Highway 2.
Demographics
At the 2001 India
census
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,
Gopiganj had a population of 17,938 (males 52%, females 48%). Gopiganj had an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 69% and female literacy 55%. 16% of the population were under 6 years of age.
Educational institutions
* St. Thomas School Gopiganj (Affiliated to ICSE Board New Delhi) (est. 1985),
* Kashinaresh Postgraduate College (Gyanpur),
* D.W. Punj Model School (Sitamarhi)
* Lakshay Computer Institute padav Gopiganj
References
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Cities and towns in Bhadohi district