Chanchal

Chanchal
—  town  —
Chanchal
Location of Chanchal
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates
Country India
State West Bengal
District(s) Malda
Parliamentary constituency Maldaha Uttar
Assembly constituency Chanchal, Malatipur
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Chanchal (Bengali: চঞ্চল) is a town in Malda District, West Bengal, India.

Geography

Chanchal is located at .[1] Chanchal is the headquarters of the Chanchal subdivision. Also, the headquarters of the Chanchal–I CD block is here.[2]

Chanchal subdivision consists of six blocks Harishchandrapur–I, Harishchandrapur–II, Chanchal–I, Chanchal–II, Ratua–I and Ratua–II.[3] Chanchal comes under the "Tal" region of the district.

History

It was the home of Raja Saratchandra Rai Bahadur, who had built the Chanchal palace. The King was married to Queen Dakshyani. The palace was transformed into a government college in 1969.

References

  1. ^ "Yahoo maps location of Chanchal". Yahoo maps. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=25.39306&lon=87.99246&zoom=15&q1=Chanchal%252C%2520West%2520Bengal. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
  2. ^ "Contact details of Block Development Officers". Malda district. Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal. http://wbdemo5.nic.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DM. Retrieved 2008-12-26. 
  3. ^ "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 2008-03-19. http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc. Retrieved 2008-12-26. 
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Malda Sadar subdivision
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