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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Champadanga
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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
| population_total = 12518
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| 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
| registration_plate = WB
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'''Champadanga''' is a Town 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==
[[File:Chapadanga GP Map.jpg|thumb]]

Champadanga is located at {{Coord|22.83|N|87.96|E|}}. The village situated on the bank of [[Damodar River]].

==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).<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> 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]] at Champadanga. Apart from that there is a public High School named, Champadanga High School<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAMPADANGA HIGH SCHOOL - Champadanga-ii, District Hugli (West Bengal) |url=https://schools.org.in/hugli/19120103201/champadanga-high-school.html |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=schools.org.in |language=en}}</ref>,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]] 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 until 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}}

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