Chanditala II

Chanditala II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewThe Chanditala II CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of the three natural regions in the district of the flat alluvial plains, that forms part of the Gangetic Delta. The region has many depressions which receive water from the surrounding lands during the rainy season and discharge the water through small channels.GeographyChanditala is located at.Chanditala II CD Block is bounded by Singur CD Block in the north, Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in the east, Domjur CD Block, in Howrah district, in the south and Chanditala I CD Block in the west. Dankuni Municipality is in the south-eastern part of the CD Block.It is located 31 km from Chinsurah, the district headquarters.Chanditala II CD Block (including Dankuni municipality) has an area of 70.34 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 9 gram panchayats, 132 gram sansads (village councils), 36 mouzas and 20 inhabited villages. Chanditala and Dankuni police stations serve this block.Headquarters of this CD Block is at Chanditala.