Gurap

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The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta.{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 28 September 2018 }}

Gurap police station has jurisdiction over a part of Dhaniakhali CD block.{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 3 October 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}{{cite web | url = http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php | title = Hooghly District Police | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 20 June 2017 | archive-date = 5 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705234600/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php | url-status = dead }}

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.{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 27 September 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }} 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.{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 27 September 2018}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/howrah-barddhaman-jn-chord-local-36811/14441/1/2 | title = 36811 Howrah Bardhaman Jn Chord Local | work= Time Table| access-date = 20 June 2017 | publisher = indiarailinfo}}

The Kolkata-Agra National Highway 19/Durgapur Expressway passes through Gurap.{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=Department of Road Transport and Highways|access-date=20 June 2017|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}

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.McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 48, 73, 75. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}

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.{{cite web| url = http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_west_bengal.asp |title = Protected Monuments in West Bengal |publisher= Archaeological Survey of India|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130903065804/http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_west_bengal.asp | access-date = 27 September 2020|archive-date = 3 September 2013 }}{{Cite web |title=Gurap: A Hidden Gem of Ancient Terracotta Works, Temples and More |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/travel/gurap-a-hidden-gem-of-ancient-terracotta-works-temples-and-more-news-202900 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Outlook India |language=en}}

Nandadulal Jew Temple at Gurap.jpg|Nandadulala temple

Terracotta decorations on wall of Temple of Sri Sri Nandadulal Jew at Gurap in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district at West Bengal.jpg|Terracota decoration on the wall of Nanadulala temple

Jora Shiva Temple at Gurap, Jorashibtala, Hooghly district 03.jpg|Jora Shiva Temple

Pancharatna Shiva Temple at Gurap, Hooghly district 06.jpg|Pancharatna Shiva Temple

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