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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chaitanyapur
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Chaitanyapur - Haldia - East Midnapore 2015-09-18 3922.JPG
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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|22.1436|N|88.0834|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 = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 7
| population_total = 3,169
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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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 = 721645, 721654 (Chaitanyapur)
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 03224
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]]
| website = {{URL|purbamedinipur.gov.in/}}
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'''Chaitanyapur''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]], in [[Sutahata (community development block)|Sutahata]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Haldia subdivision]] of [[Purba Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Chaitanyapur had a total population of 3,169 of which 1,660 (52%) were males and 1,509 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 286. The total number of literates in Chaitanyapur was 2,692 (93.38% 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 | access-date = 23 April 2017 }}</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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| coord={{coord|22|3|0|N|88|0|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities and towns in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district'''<br/>M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, S: port<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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|mark-coord5={{coord|22|8|56|N|88|5|55|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5= Barda| numbered5=CT| mark-title5= [[Barda, Purba Medinipur]] (CT)|shape-color5=#A40000
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|mark-coord12={{coord|22|12|0|N|88|3|0|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12= Geonkhali| numbered12=R| mark-title12= [[Geonkhali]] (R)|shape-color12=#A40000
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|11|15|N|88|7|25|E}} | label-pos13=bottom|label13= Kukrahati| numbered13=R| mark-title13= [[Kukrahati]] (R)|shape-color13=#A40000
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===Location===
Chaitanyapur is located at {{coord|22.1436|N|88.0834|E|display=inline}}.

===Urbanisation===
79.19% of the population of Haldia subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 20.81% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 21 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | 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>

==Education==
[[Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya]] at PO Chaitanyapur was established in 1968. It offers courses in arts, science and commerce.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.vmmahavidyalaya.ac.in/index.html |title = Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya | publisher= vmm | access-date = 26 April 2017}}</ref> Vivekananda Mission Asram Sikshayatan and Saradamoni Vidyalaya are also notable school in chaitanyapur.

==Transport==
Chaitanyapur is located at the crossing of Kukrahati-Haldia Road and Haldia-Tamluk-Mecheda Road.<ref>Google maps</ref>

[[Barda railway station]] nearby is a station on the [[Howrah-Kharagpur line|Panskura-Haldia line]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/panskura-haldia-local-38055/18396/166/6415 |title = 38093=> 38055 Panskura-Haldia Local | access-date = 29 March 2017}}</ref> The line was constructed in 1968<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1427346652869-BNR%20history.pdf |title = Year of construction of important BG lines |work= History | publisher= South Eastern Railway | access-date = 1 July 2016}}</ref> and was electrified in 1974-76.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 1 July 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Purba Medinipur District}}

[[Category:Villages in Purba Medinipur district]]

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Chaitanyapur - Revision history

FrancescaToscano at 01:54, 25 January 2026