Chapra, Nadia

Chapra is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.GeographyChapra is located at.Chapra CD Block is bounded by Tehatta I CD Block in the north, Meherpur and Chuadanga districts of Bangladesh in the east, Krishnaganj and Krishnanagar I CD Blocks, in the south and Krishnanagar II and Nakashipara CD Blocks in the west.Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.Chapra CD Block has an area of 305.97 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 13 gram panchayats, 220 gram sansads (village councils), 84 mouzas and 77 inhabited villages. Chapra police station serves this block.Headquarters of this CD Block is at Chapra.