Chanduria

Chanduria is a census town in the Chakdaha CD block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Chanduria is located at 23.0043°N, 88.5063°W. According to the map of Chakdaha CD block, in the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Chanduria, Priyanagar, Shimurali, Jangal, Madanpur, Saguna, and Kulia form a cluster of census towns between Chakdaha and Kalyani/ Gayespur.

Area overview
Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has the Bhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural areas.

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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Chanduria had a total population of 12,700, of which 6,453 (51%) were males and 6,247 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,004. The total number of literate persons in Chanduria was 10,029 (85.75% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Chanduria covered an area of 1.9911 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tubewell/ borewell, hand pump. It had 1,241 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 2 senior secondary schools.

Transport
Simurali railway station, located nearby, is on the Sealdah-Ranaghat line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.