Chatara
Village
Chatara Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Chatara Chatara (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°22′45.6″N 87°52′41.1″E / 22.379333°N 87.878083°E / 22.379333; 87.878083
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,868
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721 151
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Website	purbamedinipur.gov.in

Chatara is a village, in Sahid Matangini CD block in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Cities and towns in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religigious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

CD block HQ

The headquarters of this CD block are located here.^[1]

Urbanisation

94.08% of the population of Tamluk subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 5.92% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the second lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district, just above Egra subdivision.^[2]

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.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Chatara had a total population of 4,868 of which 2,498 (51%) were males and 2,370 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 551. The total number of literates in Chatara was 3,869 (89.62% of the population over 6 years).^[3]

Transport

Mecheda-Tamluk-Haldia Road passes through Chatara.^[4]