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	{{Infobox settlement		{{Infobox settlement
	\| name = Krishna Chandrapur		\| name = Krishna Chandrapur
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	\| subdivision_name = {{flag\|India}}		\| subdivision_name = {{flag\|India}}
	\| subdivision_type1 = State		\| subdivision_type1 = State
	\| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image\|..West Bengal ~~Flag~~(~~INDIA~~).png}} [[West Bengal]]		\| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image\|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} [[West Bengal]]
	\| subdivision_type2 = District		\| subdivision_type2 = District
	\| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]		\| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
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	\|mark-coord20={{coord\|22\|10\|20\|N\|88\|24\|35\|E}} \| label-pos20=right\|label20=Bangsidharpur\| numbered20=CT\| mark-title20= [[Bangsidharpur]] (CT)		\|mark-coord20={{coord\|22\|10\|20\|N\|88\|24\|35\|E}} \| label-pos20=right\|label20=Bangsidharpur\| numbered20=CT\| mark-title20= [[Bangsidharpur]] (CT)
	\|mark-coord21={{coord\|22\|9\|5\|N\|88\|23\|30\|E}} \| label-pos21=left\|label21=Purba Bishnupur\| numbered21=CT\| mark-title21= [[Purba Bishnupur]] (CT)		\|mark-coord21={{coord\|22\|9\|5\|N\|88\|23\|30\|E}} \| label-pos21=left\|label21=Purba Bishnupur\| numbered21=CT\| mark-title21= [[Purba Bishnupur]] (CT)
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	\|mark-coord23={{coord\|22\|7\|57\|N\|88\|20\|25\|E}} \| label-pos23=left\|label23= Krishnapur\| numbered23=R\| mark-title23= [[Krishnapur, Mandirbazar]] (R)\|shape-color23=#C42222		\|mark-coord23={{coord\|22\|7\|57\|N\|88\|20\|25\|E}} \| label-pos23=left\|label23= Krishnapur\| numbered23=R\| mark-title23= [[Krishnapur, Mandirbazar]] (R)\|shape-color23=#C42222
	\|mark-coord24={{coord\|22\|7\|10\|N\|88\|25\|39\|E}} \| label-pos24=bottom\|label24=Krishna Chandrapur\| numbered24=CT\| mark-title24= Krishna Chandrapur (CT)\|shape-color24=black\| label-size24=13\|label-color24=black <!-- make the subject of the article stand out with black colors -->		\|mark-coord24={{coord\|22\|7\|10\|N\|88\|25\|39\|E}} \| label-pos24=bottom\|label24=Krishna Chandrapur\| numbered24=CT\| mark-title24= Krishna Chandrapur (CT)\|shape-color24=black\| label-size24=13\|label-color24=black <!-- make the subject of the article stand out with black colors -->
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an ~~Open Street Map~~, while we are using coordinates as in Google ~~maps~~.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas\|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf\| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory \|work= Page 13, Physiography\| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas \| work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 \| publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 \| access-date = 5 December 2019 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| archive-date = 5 October 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas \|work = Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019 \|archive-date = 21 January 2019 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf\| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory \|work= Page 13, Physiography\| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas \| work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 \| publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 \| access-date = 5 December 2019 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| archive-date = 5 October 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>		<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
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	==Infrastructure==		==Infrastructure==
	According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Krishna Chandrapur covered an area of 2.9961 km<sup>2</sup>. Among the physical aspects, there is a railway station at [[Mathurapur Road railway station\|Mathurapur Road]] 6 km away. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved hand pumps. It had 674 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at [[Raidighi]] 15 km away. An important commodity it produced was paddy.<ref>{{cite web \| url =http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf \| title = District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A \| work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029:Statement VI:Industry and Banking \| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal \|access-date = 28 November 2019}}</ref>		According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Krishna Chandrapur covered an area of 2.9961 km<sup>2</sup>. Among the physical aspects, there is a railway station at [[Mathurapur Road railway station\|Mathurapur Road]] 6 km away. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved hand pumps. It had 674 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at [[Raidighi]] 15 km away. An important commodity it produced was paddy.<ref>{{cite web \| url =http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf \| title = District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A \| work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI: Industry and Banking \| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal \|access-date = 28 November 2019}}</ref>

	==Social scenario==		==Social scenario==
	According to the ''District Human Development Report for the South 24 Parganas'', ~~“The~~ district is typically at the lower rung of the ladder in terms of district per capita income compared to other districts of West Bengal… This place also houses the largest proportion of backward people compared to the state… So far as the crime scenario is concerned the economically weaker group, i.e. the women and children, suffer the most in this district.”<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas \|work= Pages 202-203, Chapter 7: Human Security and Vulnerability \| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 7 January 2020\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| archive-date = 5 October 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		According to the ''District Human Development Report for the South 24 Parganas'', "The district is typically at the lower rung of the ladder in terms of district per capita income compared to other districts of West Bengal… This place also houses the largest proportion of backward people compared to the state… So far as the crime scenario is concerned the economically weaker group, i.e. the women and children, suffer the most in this district."<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas \|work= Pages 202-203, Chapter 7: Human Security and Vulnerability \| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 7 January 2020\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| archive-date = 5 October 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	==Transport==		==Transport==
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	==Education==		==Education==
	Krishna Chandrapur High School is a coeducational institution. It was recognised in 1948 and upgraded in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://freetutorial.in/schools/1336505 \|title = Krishna Chandrapur Hs\| publisher = Free Tutorial.in \| access-date = 1 December 2019}}</ref> As of 2019, the school has a fiery headmaster, Chandan Kumar ~~Maity~~, who goes well beyond his duties to help his students, living in an economically and socially backward region, particularly in opposing early marriage of girls.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.thebetterindia.com/139557/chandan-kumar-maiti-krishnachandrapur-high-govt-school-headmaster/ \| title = In the Battle Against Child Traffickers, This Govt. School Headmaster is the true Super Hero!\| publisher = Better India.com \| access-date = 1 December 2019}}</ref>		Krishna Chandrapur High School is a coeducational institution. It was recognised in 1948 and upgraded in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://freetutorial.in/schools/1336505 \|title = Krishna Chandrapur Hs\| publisher = Free Tutorial.in \| access-date = 1 December 2019}}</ref> As of 2019, the school has a fiery headmaster, Chandan Kumar Maiti, who goes well beyond his duties to help his students, living in an economically and socially backward region, particularly in opposing early marriage of girls.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.thebetterindia.com/139557/chandan-kumar-maiti-krishnachandrapur-high-govt-school-headmaster/ \| title = In the Battle Against Child Traffickers, This Govt. School Headmaster is the true Super Hero!\| publisher = Better India.com \| access-date = 1 December 2019}}</ref>

	==Culture==		==Culture==
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	==Healthcare==		==Healthcare==
	Mathurapur Rural Hospital at [[Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas\|Mathurapur]], with 60 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Mathurapur I CD block.<ref>{{cite web \| url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf \| title = Health & Family Welfare Department \| work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals \| publisher = Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 29 November 2019}}</ref>		Mathurapur Rural Hospital at [[Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas\|Mathurapur]], with 60 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Mathurapur I CD block.<ref>{{cite web \| url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf \| title =Health & Family Welfare Department \| work =Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals \| publisher =Government of West Bengal \| access-date =29 November 2019 \| archive-date =8 October 2022 \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20221008143352/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf \| url-status =dead }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist\|3}}		{{Reflist}}

	{{South 24 Parganas}}		{{South 24 Parganas}}

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'''Krishna Chandrapur''' is a [[census town]] and a [[gram panchayat]] within the jurisdiction of the [[Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas|Mathurapur]] police station in the [[Mathurapur I]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in the [[Diamond Harbour subdivision]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
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===Area overview===
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an Open Street Map, while we are using coordinates as in Google maps.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 13, Physiography| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 5 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

===Location===
Krishna Chandrapur is located at {{coord|22.1233|N|88.4276|E|display=inline}}

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Krishna Chandrapur had a total population of 8,146 of which 4,629 (52%) were males and 3,877 (48%) were females. There were 1,084 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Krishna Chndrapur was 5,359 (75.89% 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 = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 24 November 2019}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Krishna Chandrapur covered an area of 2.9961 km2. Among the physical aspects, there is a railway station at [[Mathurapur Road railway station|Mathurapur Road]] 6 km away. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved hand pumps. It had 674 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at [[Raidighi]] 15 km away. An important commodity it produced was paddy.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029:Statement VI:Industry and Banking | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 28 November 2019}}</ref>

==Social scenario==
According to the ''District Human Development Report for the South 24 Parganas'', “The district is typically at the lower rung of the ladder in terms of district per capita income compared to other districts of West Bengal… This place also houses the largest proportion of backward people compared to the state… So far as the crime scenario is concerned the economically weaker group, i.e. the women and children, suffer the most in this district.”<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas |work= Pages 202-203, Chapter 7: Human Security and Vulnerability | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 7 January 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Transport==
Bishnupur-Raidighi Road links Krishna Chandrapur to the [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|State Highway 1]].<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>

[[Mathurapur Road railway station]] is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>

==Education==
Krishna Chandrapur High School is a coeducational institution. It was recognised in 1948 and upgraded in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://freetutorial.in/schools/1336505 |title = Krishna Chandrapur Hs| publisher = Free Tutorial.in | access-date = 1 December 2019}}</ref> As of 2019, the school has a fiery headmaster, Chandan Kumar Maity, who goes well beyond his duties to help his students, living in an economically and socially backward region, particularly in opposing early marriage of girls.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thebetterindia.com/139557/chandan-kumar-maiti-krishnachandrapur-high-govt-school-headmaster/ | title = In the Battle Against Child Traffickers, This Govt. School Headmaster is the true Super Hero!| publisher = Better India.com | access-date = 1 December 2019}}</ref>

==Culture==
The temple of goddess [[Tripura Sundari]] at [[Chhatrabhog]] is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>

==Healthcare==
Mathurapur Rural Hospital at [[Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas|Mathurapur]], with 60 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Mathurapur I CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 29 November 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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