Champadanga is a town in

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CD Block in

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in the

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Geography

Champadanga is located at . The village situated on the bank of

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Demographics

As per

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Champadanga had a total population of 12,518 of which 6,343 (51%) were males and 6,175 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,167. The total number of literates in Champadanga was 9,386 (82.69% of the population over 6 years).

Economics

This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Champadanga is widely known for its architectural buildings as well. Some of the prominent business figures of this area are Ram Dinesh Poddar, Sudhir Poddar and bros. and The Shaw Family. Their businesses are attached with Real Estate, Transport, Clothing, Spices and Oil.

Education

There is a college named Rabindra Mahavidyalaya at Champadanga. Apart from that there is a public High School named, Champadanga High School along with a government primary school named, Middeypara Primary School.

Transport

The Howrah-Amta line of

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was opened up to

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in 1897, and to Amta in 1898. An extension from Bargachhia junction to

Antpur Antpur is a village in the Jangipara community development block of the Srirampore subdivision in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is around 20 km from Tarakeswar. Haripal is nearest railway station from Antpur ...

was opened in 1904, and a further extension to Champadanga in 1908. The lines were in operation until their closure in 1971. The new

Howrah Howrah (, , alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River opposite its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively it lies within Howrah district, and is th ...

- Amta broad gauge line project, including the Bargachia-Champadanga branch line, was sanctioned in 1974–75. The first 24-km stretch of the section from Howrah to Bargachia was completed in 1984 by South Eastern Railway along with electrification, and commissioned soon after. The 6 km long Bargachhia-

Munsirhat Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur block in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Block Development office is located in Munsirhat. Geography Munsirhat is located at . Transport Amta ...

stretch was inaugurated in 2000. The Mahendralal Nagar-Amta section was finally opened in 2005. However, the Bargachhia-Champadanga branch line is yet to be completed. According to the reply to a parliamentary question in 2006, land to be provided free of cost by the State Government as per Memorandum of Understanding, was still to be handed over. There is a very good road connection from Champadanga. It is a junction point of Tarakeswar Arambagh road and Champadanga Dankuni road. Busses available for Tarakeswar, Khanakul, Howrah, Kolkata, Dakshineswar, Bankura, Bishnupur, Kharagpur, Bardhaman, Haldia, Digha, Purulia Etc.

References

Villages in Hooghly district {{Hooghly-geo-stub