Country India District Hooghly PIN 712401 Elevation 5 m Government body Gram panchayat | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 91 3212 Local time Thursday 5:45 AM | |
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Champadanga is a suburb under Tarakeswar bloc and police station in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Map of Champadanga, West Bengal 712401
Geography
Champadanga is located at 22.83°N 87.96°E / 22.83; 87.96.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Chanpadanga 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 Chanpadanga was 9,386 (82.69% of the population over 6 years).
Economics
This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Chief products are potato and rice.
Education
Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Champadanga High School, Naskarpur Netaji Prathamik Vidyalaya, Champadanga Bijay Krishna Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya, Muktarpur High School (H.S), Muktarpur Khyantamayi Prathamik Vidyalaya etc.
Transport
The Howrah-Amta line of Martin's Light Railways was opened up to Domjur in 1897, and to Amta in 1898. An extension from Bargachhia junction to Antpur was opened in 1904, and a further extension to Champadanga in 1908. The lines were in operation till their closure in 1971.
The new Howrah-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 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.