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{{for|village with same name in Hooghly district|Gopalnagar}}
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 743262 (Gopalnagar)
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'''Gopalnagar''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]] in the [[Bangaon (community development block)|Bangaon]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Bangaon subdivision]] of the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Gopalnagar is located at {{coord|23.06479|N|88.760568|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
The area shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.39429/2015.39429.Jessore-District-Gazetteers_djvu.txt | title = Bengal District Gazetteers, Jessore by L.S.S. O'Malley | work= Chapter II: History, Page/ Section 44 | publisher = Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1912 |access-date = 11 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nadia.gov.in/District%20Gazetteer/Ch11%20-%20General%20administration.PDF | title = District Gazetteer | work= Chapter IX: General Administration, Page 150| publisher = Egiye Bangla |access-date = 11 May 2018}}</ref> At the time of [[Partition of Bengal (1947)]] the [[Radcliffe Line]] placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tour.khujbo.com/jessore-district-information/ | title = Jessore District Information | publisher = Khujbo.com |access-date = 11 May 2018}}</ref>

The renowned novelist [[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]] (of ''[[Pather Panchali]]'' fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bandyopadhyay,_Bibhutibhushan | title = Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay| publisher = Banglapedia |access-date = 22 June 2021}}</ref>

It is a flat plain located in the lower [[Ganges Delta]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 13 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 16 April 2018}}</ref>

In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban areas and 83.67% lives in the rural areas.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 2 May 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 2019-01-21 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Map of North Twenty Four Parganas with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Gopalnagar police station covers an area of 169 km2 and serves a population of 380,793. It has jurisdiction over Bangaon CD Block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://n24pgspolice.in/home/police-station.php |title = North 24 Parganas Dist. Police| work= Know Your Police Station|publisher= District Police| access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Gopalnagar had a total population of 2,174, of which 1,106 (51%) were males and 1,068 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 199. The total number of literate persons in Gopalnagar was 1,688 (85.47% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
There is a [[bank]] located in the south of the town, belonging to the [[Gopalnagar]] branch of the [[State Bank of India]].<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/ifsccode/bank-state-bank-of-india,state-west-bengal,district-south-24-parganas,branch-gopalnagar,ifsccode-SBIN0018542.cms</ref>

==Transport==
[[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|SH 1]] runs through Gopalnagar.<ref>Google maps</ref>

Gopalnagar is a station on the [[Sealdah-Hasnabad-Bangaon-Ranaghat line|Ranaghat-Bangaon section]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/ranaghat-bangaon-local-33711/18154/1163/7814#st|title = 33711 Ranaghat-Bangaon local| work= Time Table| publisher= India Railinfo | access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref>

===Bus service===

* Route 20-[[Chakdaha]]-[[Bangaon]] (via Bishnupur, [[Gopalnagar]])
*Route 28-[[Chakdaha]]-[[Bangaon]] (via Nimtala, [[Gopalnagar]])
* Route 95-[[Ashoknagar (West Bengal)|Ashoknagar]]-[[Bangaon]] (via [[Habra]], [[Gopalnagar]])

==Education==
Gopalnagar Haripada Institution is a co-educational school with arrangements for teaching from class V to XII. The renowned author [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]] taught in this school.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://targetstudy.com/school/37215/gopalnagar-haripada-institution-school/ | title = Gopalnagar Haripada Institution | publisher = Target Study |access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.findglocal.com/IN/Gopalnagar/172694549488573/Gopalnagar-Haripada-Institution| title = Gopalnagar Haripada Institution | publisher = Find Glocal |access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=hsschool>{{cite web | url = http://wbchse.nic.in/admin/North_24_pgs_school_list.php?page=23& | title = List of Institutions | work= Page 23 | publisher = West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education |access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref>

Gopalnagar Giribala Balika Vidyalaya is a girls only higher secondary school.<ref name=hsschool/>

==Notable residents==

* [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas District}}
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[[Category:Villages in North 24 Parganas district]]

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