Gopamau is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Hardoi district

Hardoi District

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 in the India

India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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Geography

Gopamau is located at 27.55°N 80.28°E. It has an average elevation of 143 metres (469 feet).

Demographics

At the 2001 India census

Census

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, Gopamau had a population of 12,604. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Gopamau had an average literacy rate of 37%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 44%, and female literacy was 30%. In Gopamau, 19% of the population was under 6 years of age.