Chakdaha (community development block)
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Chakdaha চাকদহ সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক |
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| Community development block | |
 Chakdaha
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| Coordinates: 23°05′N 88°31′E / 23.08°N 88.52°ECoordinates: 23°05′N 88°31′E / 23.08°N 88.52°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community development block |
| Area | |
| • Total | 234.86 km2 (90.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 405,719 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Literacy (2011) | |
| • Total literates | 293,946 (64.28%) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 741245 (Madanpur) 741248 (Simurali) 741222 (Lalpur) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03454 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-51, WB-52 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat, Bangaon |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chakdaha, Kalyani, Haringhata |
| Website | nadia |
Chakdaha is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kalyani subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chakdaha and Kalyani police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Chakdaha. It is located 42 km from Krishnanagar, the district headquarters.
Chakdaha is located at 23°05′N 88°31′E / 23.08°N 88.52°E.
Chakdaha CD Block is bounded by Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD Blocks in the north, Jhikargachha Upazila in Jessore District of Bangladesh in the east, Haringhata CD Block and Barrackpore I CD Block, in the North 24 Parganas district, in the south and Chinsurah-Mogra CD Block in Hooghly district, across the Hooghly River, in the west.
Chakdaha CD Block has an area of 234.86 km2.
Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.
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