Chanditala is a town in Chanditala II community development block of

Srirampore subdivision Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, and the one with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisio ...

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Geography

Location

Chanditala is located at .

Police station

Chanditala police station has jurisdiction over the Chanditala I CD Block and a part of Chanditala II CD Block.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Chanditala II CD Block are located at Chanditala.

Urbanisation

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality,

Baidyabati Municipality Baidyabati Municipality is the civic body that governs Baidyabati and its surrounding areas (Sheoraphuli and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Baidyabati Municipality was established in 1 ...

Rishra Municipality Rishra Municipality is the civic body that governs Rishra and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Rishra municipality was established in 1944. The earliest mention of Rishra is found ...

and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Chanditala

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

are: Bamandanga, Benipur, Chanditala, Kalachhara and Pairagachha.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Chanditala had a total population of 3,984 of which 2,059 (52%) were males and 1,925 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 335. The total number of literates in Chanditala was 3,119 (85.48% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

* Railway The nearest railway station is Gobra railway station on Howrah-Bardhaman chord of

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...

network. Had a Railway Station from 1915–1971 under Narrow Gauge Railway. Railway Station Board can be still seen beside SH 15 as the highway follows the same path & route of the erstwhile

Martin's Light Railways Martin's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of seven narrow-gauge railway lines in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The railways were built and owned by Martin & Co., which was a British company. Later, it was being op ...

Sheakhala line. * Road Ahilyabai Holkar Road in Kalipur, Hooghly

The main road is SH 15 (Ahilyabai Holkar Road). It is the main artery of the village and it is connected to NH 19 (old number NH 2). * Bus

Private Bus

* 26 Bonhooghly -

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* 26A

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* 26C Bonhooghly -

Jagatballavpur Jagatballavpur is a census town in Jagatballavpur CD Block in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Jagatballavpur is located at . Demographics As per 2011 Census of India Jagatballavpur ha ...

* 57A

Howrah Station Howrah railway station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal, India. It is also the oldest and largest existing railway complex in India. It is one of the busiest train stations in the w ...

- Chanditala * E36 Esplanade -

* 26B

- Bandar (Dhanyaghori) * 26/1

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- Bhagabatipur * 4/41 Chinsurah - Chanditala

Healthcare

Chanditala Rural Hospital has 30 beds.

References

{{Hooghly District Villages in Chanditala II CD Block