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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Champadanga
| other_name = 
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.83|N|87.96|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly District|Hooghly]]
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| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 5
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| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712401
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 3212
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'''Champadanga''' is a village in [[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]] CD Block in [[Chandannagore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly District|Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
Champadanga is located at {{Coord|22.83|N|87.96|E|}}. The village situated on the bank of [[Damodar River]].
[[File:Chapadanga GP Map.jpg|thumb]]

==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%) 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).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 10 June 2016}}</ref>

==Economics==
This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | access-date= 2009-01-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084728/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | archive-date= 22 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Education==
There is a college named [[Rabindra Mahavidyalaya]] at Champadanga.
And also primary school,boys' and girls' high school,library

==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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/howrah-district.html | title=Howrah District (1909) | publisher=IRFCA | access-date=2009-01-27}}</ref> The lines were in operation till their closure in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.serailway.gov.in/General/Book_RRB/Howrah_Amta_Bargachia%20Line.htm |title=Howrah-Amta-Bargachia Line |access-date=2009-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050901145640/http://www.serailway.gov.in/General/Book_RRB/Howrah_Amta_Bargachia%20Line.htm |archive-date=1 September 2005 }}</ref>

The new [[Howrah Junction railway station|Howrah]]-[[Amta railway station|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 (India)|South Eastern Railway]] along with electrification, and commissioned soon after. The 6 km long Bargachhia-[[Munsirhat]] stretch was inaugurated in 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.blonnet.com/2000/07/24/stories/142460l2.htm | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120731132405/http://www.blonnet.com/2000/07/24/stories/142460l2.htm | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2012-07-31 | title= Howrah-Amta BG line section inaugurated | publisher= The Hindu Business Line, 24 July 2000 | access-date= 2009-01-27 }}</ref> The Mahendralal Nagar-Amta section was finally opened in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/01/stories/2005010101151700.htm | title= Lalu remote-launches 2 S-E Rly projects | publisher=The Hindu Business Line, 1 January 2005 | access-date=2009-01-27}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/Website/quest.asp?qref=120859| title=RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2006| access-date=2009-01-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529070545/http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/Website/quest.asp?qref=120859| archive-date=29 May 2011| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hooghly District}}

[[Category:Villages in Hooghly district]]

{{Hooghly-geo-stub}}

Champadanga - Revision history

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