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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chamrail
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| settlement_type = Census Town
| image_skyline = File:Local Lane and Baba Panchananda Mandir - Shiva Temple - Benaras Road - Chamrail - Howrah 2013-08-24 1978.JPG
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| image_caption = Local Lane and ''Baba Panchananda Mandir'', [[State Highway 15 (West Bengal)|Benaras Road]], Chamrail
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.63|N|88.30|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 = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 11,923
| 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 = 711114
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sreerampur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Domjur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Domjur]]
| website = {{URL|howrah.gov.in/}}
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'''Chamrail''' is a [[census town]] in [[Bally Jagachha]] CD Block of [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=District-wise list of stautory towns |publisher=Census Commission of India |access-date=2009-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163402/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref>

Chamrail is under the jurisdiction of Liluah Police Station of [[Howrah Police Commissionerate|Howrah City Police]].

'''Cultural History :''' Chamrail is famous for the historical '''Brambha Vishnu Maheshwara puja''' . This puja was established in the year 1889 by Narayan Chandra Chakraborty and some other people of chamrail. This puja is the oldest puja of this village.

==Geography==
[[File:Ambikeswar Shiva Mandir - Ramdhan Mandal Establishment 1852-09-17 - Chamrail - Howrah 2015-03-08 6495.JPG|thumb|Ambikeswar Shiva Mandir, Chamrail]]
Chamrail is located at {{coord|22.63|N|88.30|E|}}. It is situated between [[Eksara]] and [[Jagadishpur]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=22.63369&lon=88.29732&zoom=14&q1=Chamrail%252C%2520West%2520Bengal
|title = Yahoo maps location of Chamrail
|publisher = Yahoo maps
|accessdate = 2008-12-07
}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Chamrail had a total population of 11,923 of which 6,083 (51%) were males and 5,840 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,197. The total number of literates in Chamrail was 9,278 (86.50% 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 | accessdate = 11 May 2016}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Chamrail had a population of 8554. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chamrail has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 81% and female literacy of 71%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Transport==
[[File:Benaras Road - Chamrail - Howrah 2013-08-24 1961.JPG|thumb|Benaras Road (part of [[State Highway 15 (West Bengal)|SH 15]]), Chamrail]]
Benaras Road (part of [[State Highway 15 (West Bengal)|State Highway 15]]) is the artery of the town.

===Bus===
====Private Bus====
* 57A [[Chanditala]] - [[Howrah Station]]

====Mini Bus====
* 30 Baluhati - [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]

===Train===
[[Kona railway station]] is the nearest railway station on [[Howrah]]-[[Amta]] line.

==References==
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{{Howrah District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Howrah district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]

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