Chandrapur
Village
Chandrapur Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23°55′42″N 87°23′06″E / 23.928212°N 87.384867°E / 23.928212; 87.384867
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,012
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	731130 (Chandrapur)
Telephone/STD code	03462
Lok Sabha constituency	Birbhum
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Suri
Website	birbhum.nic.in

Chandrapur is a village and gram panchayat in Rajnagar CD Block in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

8km
5miles

Ajay River

Bakreshwar
River

Mayurakshi
River

Tilpara
Barrage

B

Patharchapuri

R

Bakreshwar

RV

Deucha

R

Bara Chaturi

R

Nakrakonda

R

Abinashpur

R

Hetampur

R

Purandarpur

R

Angar Garia

R

BTPP Township

R

Kankartala

R

Khoyrasol

R

Panrui

R

Chandrapur

R

Lokpur

R

Mohammad Bazar

R

Dubrajpur

M

Sainthia

M

Suri

M

Rajnagar

CT

Ahmedpur

CT

Kalipur

CT

Karidhya

CT

  

Cities and towns in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, B: Barrage.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Rajnagar, the CD block headquarters, is 11 km away from Chandrapur. Suri, the district headquarters, is 15 km away.^[1]

Police station

There is a police station at Chandrapur.^[2]

Gram panchayat

Villages in Chandrapur gram panchayat are: Baishnabdaspur, Balarampur, Baraghata, Bhabanandapur, Chaktulsi, Chandrapur, Daldala, Durgapur, Fakirdas, Faridpur, Gamarkunda, Ganeshpur, Haripur, Jamira, Kanaipur, Kanchannagar, Kusmasul, Madhaipur, Monoharpur, Pataldanga, Rajpur, Sajina, Takipur and Tarasol.^[1]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Chandrapur had a total population of 2,012 of which 1,033 (51%) were males and 979 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 211. The total number of literates in Chandrapur was 1,363 (75.68% of the population over 6 years).^[3]

Transport

SH 6, running from Rajnagar to Alampur, passes through Chandrapur.^[4]

Post Office

Chandrapur has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 731130, under Suri head office. Branch offices with the same PIN are Aligarh, Joypur, Kundira, Kurulmetia, Lauberia, Laujore, Muktipur and Ranigram.^[5]