Champadanga is a Town in

Tarakeswar Tarakeswar is a famous sacred city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tarakeswar is called "Baba Dham" or "The city of Shiva". It is one of the major tourist and holy place of West Bengal as well as India ...

CD Block in

Chandannagore subdivision Chandannagore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview A major portion of Chandannagore subdivision is part of the Hooghly- Damodar Plain, the agriculturally rich alluvia ...

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in the

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Geography

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

Damodar River Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is known for large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow o ...

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Champadanga had a total population of 12,518 of which 6,343 (51%) were males and 6,175 (49%) 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 Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, (popularly known as Champadanga College) established in 1971, is a general degree college in Champadanga, in the Hooghly district, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated ...

at Champadanga. Apart from that there is a public High School named, Champadanga High School,Bijay Krishna Uchcha Balika Vidyalay(Girls High School) along with a government primary school named, Middeypara Primary School. This place is especially known for its art and culture.Here some special personalities are Pradip Pradhan (Artist),Biswanath Garai (Writer),Late Bijay Chakraborty (Artist),Late Gauranga Pal (Dramatist),Nitai Konar (Writer,Dramatist),Janajit Chakraborty (Writer, Artist).

Transport

The Howrah-Amta line of

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 ope ...

was opened up to

Domjur Domjur is a census town in Domjur CD Block of Howrah Sadar subdivision in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Domjur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet). Demographics As per ...

in 1897, and to

Amta Amta is a census town in Amta I CD Block in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It's located about 40 km southwest of Kolkata. Geography Amta is located at . Demographics As per 2011 Census of Indi ...

in 1898. An extension from Bargachhia junction to

Antpur Antpur is a village in the Jangipara (community development block), Jangipara community development block of the Srirampore subdivision in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is around from Tarakeswar. The nearest railwa ...

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 States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River, opposite to its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively ...

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 a village in Jagatballavpur CD block in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Munsirhat is located at . Transport Amta Road (part of State Highway 15) passes through t ...

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.

References

Villages in Hooghly district {{Hooghly-geo-stub