Gurap

• Name — Gurap • Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — India • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — West Bengal • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Hooghly • Unit Pref — Metric • Elevation M — 16 • Population Total — 7,856 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Languages • Demographics1 Title1 — Official • Demographics1 Info1 — Bengali, English • Time Zone1 — IST • Utc Offset1 — +5:30 • Postal Code Type — PIN • Postal Code — 712303 (Gurap) • Area Code Type — Telephone/STD code • Area Code — 03213 • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Lok Sabha constituency • Custom Data1 Sec1 — Hooghly • Custom Label2 Sec1 — Vidhan Sabha constituency • Custom Data2 Sec1 — Dhanekhali • Website — http: hooghly.gov.in/

The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta.

Gurap police station has jurisdiction over a part of Dhaniakhali CD block.

In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 census towns. The single municipal corporation is Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities are Tarakeswar Municipality, Bhadreswar Municipality and Champdany Municipality. Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural. The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

As per the 2011 Census of India, Gurap had a total population of 7,856 of which 3,880 (49%) were males and 3,976 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 748. The total number of literates in Gurap was 5,126 (72.12% of the population over 6 years).

Gurap railway station is situated on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord. The Kolkata-Agra National Highway 19/Durgapur Expressway passes through Gurap.

David J. McCutchion mentions the Nandadulala temple (1751) at Gurap as a standard atchala temple with porch on triple archway having leafy swathes. He mentions the dol-mancha (18th century) near the Nandadulala temple as having rich terracotta. There are porches on neo classical pillars later attached to the atchala. The temple of Nandadulala at Gurap (at Sr No S-WB-63) is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India. • Illustration — Nandadulala temple • Illustration — Terracota decoration on the wall of Nanadulala temple • Illustration — Jora Shiva Temple • Illustration — Pancharatna Shiva Temple