Chanchal is a town in Malda District, West Bengal, India.This place is famous for Chanchal Palace. It is the second largest town in Malda.Chanchal is located at 25.39N 87.99E.[1] Chanchal is the headquarter of the Chanchal subdivision. Also, the headquarter of the ChanchalI CD block is here.[2] Chanchal subdivision consists of six blocks HarishchandrapurI, HarishchandrapurII, ChanchalI, ChanchalII, RatuaI and RatuaII.[3] Chanchal comes under the "Tal" region of the district.It was the home of Raja Saratchandra Rai Bahadur, who built the Chanchal palace. The King was married to Queen Dakshyani. One part of the palace was transformed into a government college in 1969.The other part of the Palace is now Chanchal Subdivisional Court.
