Chharra | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Chharra Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Chharra Chharra (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°22′55″N86°25′01″E / 23.3820°N 86.4170°E /23.3820; 86.4170 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,131 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 723163 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03254 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Website | purulia |
Chharra is a village in thePurulia IICD block in thePurulia Sadar subdivision of thePurulia district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Chharra is located at23°22′55″N86°25′01″E / 23.3820°N 86.4170°E /23.3820; 86.4170.
Charra Airfield was used during theWorld War II and abandoned thereafter.[1]
Purulia district forms the lowest step of theChota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.Purulia Sadar subdivision covers the central portion of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. The map alongside shows some urbanization aroundPurulia city. 18.58% of the population, the highest among the subdivisions of the district, lives in urban areas. There are 4 census towns in the subdivision. TheKangsabati (locally called Kansai) flows through the subdivision. The subdivision has old temples, some of them belonging to the 11th century or earlier. The focus is on education - the university, the sainik school, the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith atBongabari, the upcoming medical college atHatuara, et al.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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.
According to the2011 Census of India, Chharra had a total population of 6,131, of which 3,163 (52%) were males and 2,968 (48%) were females. There were 818 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chharra was 3,312 (62.34% of the population over 6 years).[10]
There is a station at Chharra on the Adra-Purulia sector of theAsansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line of the South Eastern Railway.[11]
Chhara High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1959. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[12]
There is a smallrekha deul built of stone in the village. The tower is extensively carved. The ornamentation of thesikhara suggests that it belongs to an age earlier than theTelkupi temples, i.e., earlier than 11th century. There was another temple which has fallen. It was a plain pancha ratna temple. With loose Jain sculptures strewn around the village, it is possible that both were Jain temples.[13]
David J. McCutchion says that in the remote areas of old Manbhum district theJains went on building temples till the 13th century, and many of them are still standing atBahulara,Harmasra,Deulbhirya,Ambikanagar, Chharra,Pakbirra, Suisa or Deoli, in Bankura and Purulia districts.[14]
Kushtor Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Purulia II CD block.[15]
