Bopal
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Bopal બોપલ |
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 Bopal
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| Coordinates: 23°01′55″N 72°28′04″E / 23.032011°N 72.467816°ECoordinates: 23°01′55″N 72°28′04″E / 23.032011°N 72.467816°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Ahmadabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Bopal-Ghuma Nagarpalika |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 125,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Bopal (earlier a satellite town & Gram Panchayat) is a municipality in the Ahmedabad district of India, state of Gujarat. Bopal and its neighbouring village Ghuma have been merged and granted a 'municipality' status in February 2015. In the first elections held in November 2015, the BJP won 35 out of 36 seats and formed a government in Bopal municipality.
Bopal was earlier a part of Ahmedabad-Rural. For vidhansabha electoral purposes, it falls under Ghatlodiya election-area.
The area was governed by a Gram Panchayat. The last Gram Sarpanch was Mr. Dinesh Dabhi of BJP-backed Sadbhavna Panel.
As of 2001[update] India census, Bopal had a population of 12,181. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bopal has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 84% and female literacy of 75%.
The population of Bopal-Ghuma together in 2001 was 18,553 and was 55,068 in 2011. Today the total population in Bopal-Ghuma Nagarpalika is 1,25,000. This drastic rise has been due to the constant influx of population due to good BRTS and AMTS connectivity alongside affordable real-estate prices.
Bopal experienced a growth in infrastructure the last 5 to 7 years.
The newly formed Bopal-Ghuma nagarpalika has rolled out schemes worth Rs 38 crore in the first instalment. Of this, Rs 20 crore is for drinking water, Rs 10 crore for drainage and Rs 5 crore for treatment of solid waste, and the rest for other development works.
The multiplex theatre City Gold was built in this time. BRTS route has end-mile connectivity till Ghuma, that goes from Iskon to Bopal-Ambli road to Ghuma via Bopal Cross Roads. This route includes a direct line from the Shivranjini cross-roads to the Bopal roundabout. The government was criticized for spending Rs. 5 crores for building a road and then 6 months later, digging it up all over again for laying the BRTS route.
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