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Chaitanyapur
Village
Location in West Bengal, India
Chaitanyapur is located in India
Chaitanyapur
Chaitanyapur
Chaitanyapur (India)
Coordinates: 22°08′37″N 88°05′00″E / 22.1436°N 88.0834°E / 22.1436; 88.0834
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 ā€¢ Total3,169
Languages
 ā€¢ OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721645, 721654 (Chaitanyapur)
Telephone/STD code03224
Lok Sabha constituencyTamluk
Vidhan Sabha constituencyHaldia
Websitepurbamedinipur.gov.in

Chaitanyapur is a village and a gram panchayat, in Sutahata CD block in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

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).[1]

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Chaitanyapur is located at 22°08′37″N 88°05′00″E / 22.1436°N 88.0834°E / 22.1436; 88.0834.

Urbanisation[edit | edit source]

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.[2]

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.

Education[edit | edit source]

Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya at PO Chaitanyapur was established in 1968. It offers courses in arts, science and commerce.[3] Vivekananda Mission Asram Sikshayatan and Saradamoni Vidyalaya are also notable school in chaitanyapur.

Transport[edit | edit source]

Chaitanyapur is located at the crossing of Kukrahati-Haldia Road and Haldia-Tamluk-Mecheda Road.[4]

Barda railway station nearby is a station on the Panskura-Haldia line.[5] The line was constructed in 1968[6] and was electrified in 1974-76.[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya". vmm. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Google maps
  5. ↑ "38093=> 38055 Panskura-Haldia Local". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Year of construction of important BG lines" (PDF). History. South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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