Chakda | |
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Village | |
  Chakda Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Chakda Chakda (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°18′55.7″N86°20′10.4″E / 23.315472°N 86.336222°E /23.315472; 86.336222 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,275 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 723102 (Kotloi) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03251 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Balarampur |
| Website | purulia |
Chakda is a village in thePurulia ICD block in thePurulia Sadar subdivision of thePurulia district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Chakda is located at23°18′55.7″N86°20′10.4″E / 23.315472°N 86.336222°E /23.315472; 86.336222.
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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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.
As per2011 Census of India Chakda had a total population of 3,275 of which 1,694 (52%) were males and 1,581 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 385. The total number of literates in Chakda was 2,124 (73.49% of the population over 6 years).[9]
The headquarters of Purulia I CD Block are located at Chakda.[10]
National Highway 18 (India) running from Gobindpur (in Jharkhand) to Balasore (in Odisha) passes through Chakda.[11]
