Kalachhara is a village in Chanditala II community development block of

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in the

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n state of

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Geography

Kalachhara is located at . Chanditala police station serves this Village.

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 Bamandanga is a village in Chanditala II community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Bamandanga is located at . Gram panchayat Villages and census towns in Chandi ...

, Benipur, Chanditala, Kalachhara and Pairagachha.

Demographics

As per

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 ...

, Kalachhara had a total population of 4,225 of which 2,134 (51%) were males and 2,091 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 385. The total number of literates in Kalachhara was 3,373 (87.84% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Railway and road

Janai Road railway station Janai Road railway station is a railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord of Howrah Railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Posh ...

is the nearest railway station on the 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. The main road is SH 15 (Ahilyabai Holkar Road). It is the main road of the village and is connected to

NH 19 National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India. It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national ...

(old number NH 2).

Bus

Private Bus

* 26 Bonhooghly -

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* 26A

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* 26C Bonhooghly -

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Bus Routes without Numbers

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- Bandar (Dhanyaghori) *

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- Bhagabatipur

References

{{Hooghly District Villages in Chanditala II CD Block