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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chaipat
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22|34|09.6|N|87|48|17.3|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 = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
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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 = 721148
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 03225
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Daspur]]
| website = {{URL|paschimmedinipur.gov.in/}}
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'''Chaipat''' is a village, in [[Daspur II]] CD Block in [[Ghatal subdivision]] of [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
| width=350| height=350| zoom=10
| coord={{coord|22|40|0|N|87|40|40|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities and towns in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district''' M: municipal city/ town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
|mark-coord1= {{coord|22|44|0|N|87|31|12|E}}| label-pos1=bottom|label1= Chandrakona | numbered1=M| mark-title1= [[Chandrakona]] (M)|label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=13| mark-size1=13|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1=#800000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2
|mark-coord2={{coord|22|40|12|N|87|43|12|E}} | label-pos2=right|label2=Ghatal | numbered2=M| mark-title2= [[Ghatal]] (M)
|mark-coord3={{coord|22|42|0|N|87|40|48|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3=Kharar | numbered3=M| mark-title3= [[Kharar, Ghatal]] (M)
|mark-coord4={{coord|22|42|0|N|87|37|12|E}} | label-pos4=left|label4=Khirpai | numbered4=M| mark-title4= [[Khirpai]] (M)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|49|48|N|87|37|12|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Ramjibanpur | numbered5=M| mark-title5= [[Ramjibanpur]] (M)
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|36|0|N|87|43|30|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Daspur | numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Daspur]] (R) |shape-color6=#C40000
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|33|0|N|87|46|14|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Sonakhali | numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Sonakhali, Paschim Medinipur]] (R) |shape-color7=#C40000
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|43|50|N|87|39|22|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=Birsingha | numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Birsingha]] (R) |shape-color8=#C40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|32|0|N|87|46|45|E}}| label-pos9=right|label9= Ajuria| numbered9=H| mark-title9= [[Ajuria]] (H) |shape-color9=#AA6666
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|39|56|N|87|39|7|E}}| label-pos10=right|label10= Alui| numbered10=H| mark-title10= [[Alui]] (H) |shape-color10=#AA6666
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|45|20|N|87|33|0|E}}| label-pos11=right|label11= Baikunthapur| numbered11=H| mark-title11= [[Baikunthapur, Paschim Medinipur]] (H) |shape-color11=#AA6666
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|34|40|N|87|48|17|E}}| label-pos12=right|label12= Chaipat| numbered12=H| mark-title12= Chaipat (H)|shape-color12=black| label-size12=13|label-color12=black 
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|35|55|N|87|44|20|E}}| label-pos13=right|label13= Dihi Baliharpur| numbered13=H| mark-title13= [[Dihi Baliharpur]] (H) |shape-color13=#AA6666
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|42|58|N|87|37|34|E}}| label-pos14=right|label14= Gangadaspur| numbered14=H| mark-title14= [[Gangadaspur]] (H) |shape-color14=#AA6666
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|31|23|N|87|44|24|E}}| label-pos15=left|label15= Gobindanagar| numbered15=H| mark-title15= [[Gobindanagar]] (H) |shape-color15=#AA6666
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|39|6|N|87|38|44|E}}| label-pos16=right|label16= Iswarpur| numbered16=H| mark-title16= [[Iswarpur]] (H) |shape-color16=#AA6666
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|50|53|N|87|39|50|E}}| label-pos17=right|label17=Jalshara| numbered17=H| mark-title17= [[Jalshara]] (H) |shape-color17=#AA6666
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|44|30|N|87|32|24|E}}| label-pos18=right|label18=Jayantipur| numbered18=H| mark-title18= [[Jayantipur]] (H) |shape-color18=#AA6666
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|37|42|N|87|44|47|E}}| label-pos19=left|label19=Kotalpur| numbered19=H| mark-title19= [[Kotalpur]] (H) |shape-color19=#AA6666
|mark-coord20={{coord|22|38|4|N|87|38|30|E}}| label-pos20=left|label20=Lachhipur| numbered20=H| mark-title20= [[Lachhipur]] (H) |shape-color20=#AA6666
|mark-coord21={{coord|22|36|55|N|87|43|41|E}}| label-pos21=right|label21=Laoda| numbered21=H| mark-title21= [[Laoda]] (H) |shape-color21=#AA6666
|mark-coord22={{coord|22|34|30|N|87|36|54|E}}| label-pos22=right|label22=Narajole| numbered22=H| mark-title22= [[Narajole]] (H) |shape-color22=#AA6666
|mark-coord23={{coord|22|31|9|N|87|47|18|E}}| label-pos23=right|label23=Palashpai| numbered23=H| mark-title23= [[Palashpai]] (H) |shape-color23=#AA6666
|mark-coord24={{coord|22|33|37|N|87|44|38|E}}| label-pos24=left|label24=Radhakantapur| numbered24=H| mark-title24= [[Radhakantapur]] (H) |shape-color24=#AA6666
|mark-coord25={{coord|22|41|8|N|87|38|45|E}}| label-pos25=left|label25=Radhanagar| numbered25=H| mark-title25= [[Radhanagar, Paschim Medinipur]] (H) |shape-color25=#AA6666
|mark-coord26={{coord|22|33|50|N|87|49|12|E}}| label-pos26=right|label26=Uttar Bar| numbered26=H| mark-title26= [[Uttar Bar]] (H) |shape-color26=#AA6666
|mark-coord27={{coord|22|42|21|N|87|47|0|E}}| label27=Rupnarayan River| label-color27 = #77A1CB| label-angle27=65| label-pos27=right| label-size27=10| mark-size27=0| mark-title27=none}}

===Location===
Chaipat is located at {{coord|22|34|09.6|N|87|48|17.3|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra |title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra |publisher=Banglapedia |accessdate=24 July 2016 |last=Murshid |first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php |title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |publisher=www.whereincity.com |accessdate=24 July 2016 }}</ref>

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= page 27-28| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</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.

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Chanipat had a total population of 16,345 of which 8,022 (49%) were males and 8,323 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,750. The total number of literates in Chanipat was 12,284 (75.15% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 14 January 2007 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Chaipat is on the Gopiganj-Sultannagar Road. Sultannagar is on [[State Highway 4 (West Bengal)|SH 4]].<ref>Google maps</ref>

==Education==
[[Chaipat S.P.B. Mahavidyalaya|Chaipat Saheed Pradyot Bhattacharya Mahavidyalaya]], established in 2007, is affiliated to [[Vidyasagar University]]. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit and History.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://chaipatspbmahavidyalaya.org/ |title = Chaipat Saheed Pradyot Bhattacharya Mahavidyalaya |publisher= CSPBM | accessdate = 14 January 2017}}</ref>

==Chaipat picture gallery==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="140px">
File:Nava Ratna Rajrajesvara temple of Chaipat at Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal 02.jpg|''[[Bengal temple architecture#Ratna temple|Nava-ratna]]'' Rajrajesvara temple
File:Nava Ratna Rajrajesvara temple of Chaipat at Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal 05.jpg|Terracotta relief
File:Nava Ratna Rajrajesvara temple of Chaipat at Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal 19.jpg|Terracotta relief
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Chaipat, Daspur II CD block}}

{{Paschim Medinipur District}}

[[Category:Villages in Paschim Medinipur district]]

{{PaschimMedinipur-geo-stub}}

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