About Champadanga

Champadanga (Bengali: ) is a village under Tarakeswar bloc and police station in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Champadanga is located at 2250N 8758E / 22.83N 87.96E / 22.83; 87.96. Champadanga has a population of 1,214 This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Chief products are potato and rice. Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Champadanga High School, Naskarpur Netaji Prathamik Vidyalaya The Howrah-Amta line of Martin's Light Railways was opened up to Domjur in 1897, and to Amta in 1898. An extension from Bargachhia junction to Antpur was opened in 1904, and a further extension to Champadanga in 1908. The lines were in operation till their closure in 1971. The new Howrah-Amta broad gauge line project, including the Bargachia-Champadanga branch line, was sanctioned in 1974-75. The first 24-km stretch of the section from Howrah to Bargachia was completed in 1984 by South Eastern Railway along with...