'''गोप''' भारत के [[यदुवंश|यदुवंशीयादव]] ([[अहीर]] ([[यादव]]) जाति का पर्याय है,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Tribes_and_Castes_of_Bombay.html?id=FoT6gPrbTp8C|title=The Tribes and Castes of Bombay|last=Enthoven|first=Reginald Edward|date=1990|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0630-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=p7YcAAAAIAAJ&dq=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF|title=Kauṭilīyam Arthaśāstram|last=Kauṭalya|date=1983|publisher=Kr̥ṣṇadāsa Akādamī|language=hi}}</ref> जो पूर्वी भारत के [[बिहार]], [[झारखण्ड|झारखंड]], [[पश्चिम बंगाल]] एवं [[नेपाल]] में निवास करते है।<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0t21AAAAIAAJ&q=gope+ahir|title=Madhusudan Das, the Legislator: His Speeches|last=Das|first=Madhusudan|date=1980|publisher=Pragati Utkal Sangha|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=23eYY4sR3KQC&pg=PA106|title=Rural Development and Social Change: Thoughts of Swami Sahajanand|last=Kumar|first=Dalip|date=2007|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-8450-000-4|language=en}}</ref> ये आगे '''कृष्णौत''', '''मजरौत''' और '''सदगोप''' शाखा में विभाजित हैं।<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qSbjBTDC-UC&pg=PA95|title=The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray|last=Ray|first=Aniruddha|date=2011|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-93-80607-16-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-PAT-ex-mp-pappu-yadav-alias-rajesh-ranjan-ashirwad-rally-in-madhepura-bihar-4284414-NOR.html|title=रोम पोप का मधेपुरा गोप का: दो यादवों का रणक्षेत्र बनेगा मधेपुरा?|date=2013-06-06|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref>
