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Gopiballavpur
Sign in to saveGopiballavpur is a town and a gram panchayat in the Gopiballavpur I CD block in the Jhargram subdivision of the Jhargram district of West Bengal, India.
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- India
- Population
- 3730
- Elevation
- 114
- Households
- 719
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- postal code
- 721506
- male population
- 1937
- female population
- 1793
- illiterate population
- 1135
- literate population
- 2595
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Gopiballavpur is a town and a gram panchayat in the Gopiballavpur I CD block in the Jhargram subdivision of the Jhargram district of West Bengal, India.
==History== Earlier this area was a part of Mayurbhanj princely state. The place was earlier known as Kashipur. Shyamananda Mahaprabhu, a prominent figure in the Vaishnava sect, was being commanded by Shrimati Radha Rani to travel and carry the holy waters of Yamuna to this place and establish a temple since then the village is named after Gopiballav (Sri Krishna). Kashipur came to be known as Gopiballavpur since then. The village houses this old temple since 1400 and its being run and administered by Vaishnava Goswami families since then. Currently the Mahant is the head of the temple.
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