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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gohpur
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Gohpur railway station.jpg
| image_alt = Gohpur railway station
| image_caption = Gohpur railway station
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.88|N|93.63|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Biswanath district|Biswanath]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 26 January 2000
| leader_title2 = Civil SDO
|leader_name2 = Lukumoni Borah, Assam Civil Service
| leader_party = [[BJP]]
| leader_title3 = MLA
| leader_name3 = [[Utpal Borah]] ([[BJP]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 269
| population_total = 2,65,867
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 784168
| registration_plate = AS-32
| website =
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-AS]]
| footnotes =
}}

'''Gohpur''' (IPA: ˌgəʊəˈpʊə) is a town and headquarters of the Gohpur sub-division in [[Biswanath district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Assam]]. It is a historical place in Assam where the famous freedom fighter [[Kanaklata Barua]] was born. The current MLA from the Gohpur constituency is [[Utpal Borah]] and Lukumoni Borah ACS is the current Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) or Civil SDO of Gohpur.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|title=Administration undertakes steps to prevent flood in Gohpur town - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/administration-undertakes-steps-to-prevent-flood-in-gohpur-town-503548|access-date=2021-04-08|website=The Sentinel Assam|date=26 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
Gohpur is located at {{coord|26.88|N|93.63|E|}}.<ref>[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/03/Gohpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gohpur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 269 m (883 feet). [[Guwahati]] and Gohpur are 299 km by road and 266 km by train; the aerial distance is 208 km.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.makemytrip.com/routeplanner/guwahati-gohpur.html|title=Guwahati to Gohpur Distance, Duration, Driving Direction by Road, Trains, Bus / Car at MakeMyTrip Route Planner|website=www.makemytrip.com|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> Gohpur also connects [[Itanagar]], the capital of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], via [[National Highway (India)|NH]] 15. Itanagar is only 31 km from Gohpur via NH 52A. It also connects to Majuli and Jorhat by small ships through the [[Brahmaputra]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Gohpur had a population of 121,380. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gohpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 66%. In Gohpur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Politics==
[[Gohpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gohpur]] is part of [[Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary & Constituencies
|accessdate=2008-10-06
|work=Assam
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate=2006-05-04
}}</ref>
The [[Gohpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gohpur Assembly Constituency]] is one of the largest in Assam, spreading from Buroi to Hawajan along the North Bank of Assam. [[Utpal Borah]] is the MLA from Gohpur and [[Ranjit Dutta]] is the MP of [[Sonitpur Lok Sabha constituency]].

==Education==
Gohpur is home to some of the finest and old Educational Institutions viz. Chaiduar college, Gohpur Collegiate Adarsha High School, Gohpur Girls High School, Gohpur High School, Madhya Chaiduar Higher Secondary School, Nehru High School, Jyoti Agarwala High School etc.

==Notable people==


* [[Kanaklata Barua]], freedom fighter
* [[Nomal Chandra Borah]], founder [[GNRC]] hospitals

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Biswanath district]]
[[Category:Biswanath district]]

{{Assam-geo-stub}}

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