Champadanga
Champadanga
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Champadanga is a village under Tarakeswar bloc and police station in Chandannagar subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Champadanga is located at 22°50′N 87°58′E / 22.83°N 87.96°E[1]
Demographics
Champadanga has a population of 1,214[2]
Transport
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.[3]The lines were in operation till their closure in 1971.[4]
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 alongwith electrification, and commissioned soon after. The 6 km long Bargachhia-Munsirhat stretch was inaugurated in 2000.[5]The Mahendralal Nagar-Amta section was finally opened in 2005.[6]However, the Bargachhia-Champadanga branch line is yet to be completed. According to the reply to a parliamentary question in 2006, land to be provided free of cost by the State Government as per Memorandum of Understanding, was still to be handed over.[7]
External links
References
- ^ "Champadanga India Page". Fallingrain Genomics. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ [www.wbphed.gov.in/applications/Phedweb/Block2Villpdf.php?State_Cd=19&Dist_Cd=12&Blk_Cd=0005 "CENSUS DATA District Name :HUGLI(12) Block Name :Tarakeswar(0005)"]. Govt of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Howrah District (1909)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Howrah-Amta-Bargachia Line". Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Howrah-Amta BG line section inaugurated". The Hindu Business Line, 24 July 2000. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Lalu remote-launches 2 S-E Rly projects". The Hindu Business Line, 1 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2006". Retrieved 2009-01-27.
