Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the state West Bengal, India.

Gopal Nagar
Village
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Coordinates: 22°49′44″N 88°12′50″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

For village with same name in North 24 Parganas district, see Gopalnagar, North 24 Parganas.

Geography

Gopalnagar is located at 22°49′44″N 88°12′50″E.^[1]

Demographics

As 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

Tata Motors at Singur

Main article: Tata Nano Singur controversy

Singur 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

Gopalnagar 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

Singur railway station is the nearest railway station.

References

1. "Gopalnagar Recreation Club". Hooghly district. Wikimapia. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
2. "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.
3. "Tata Motors' small car to roll out of Singur by 2008". The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
4. "Tata's Singur Withdrawal 'slap' for West Bengal: Biman Bose". Two Circles.net, 4 October 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
5. "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.
6. "Singur: Six years later". 25 December 2012. TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
7. Rajagopal, Krishnadas. "Return land to Farmers: SC orders West Bengal govt". The Hindu, 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
8. "Bengal to return Singur land to farmers on Sept 14". The Hindu Business Line, 12 September 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
9. "Gopalnagar High School". West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
10. "Gopalnagar High School". Kulguru. Retrieved 6 October 2018.