Skip to main content
Monday, 28 September 2026
VoiceOfVillage
Revenue village·Sankrail block·Jhargram

Chanda

Sankrail mandal
Pincode 721516
Verified by Sarpanch
Claim — I'm a resident
WhatsApp Telegram
🌤️ Today's card Print poster Compare with… Suggest edit
Coming upNavaratri (Sharad) · शारदीय नवरात्रिIn 13 daysDurga PujaIn 18 daysDussehra (Vijayadashami) · दशहराIn 22 daysWest Bengal calendar →
Festival

Durga Puja

Chanda observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.

16 Oct
About Durga Puja →Make a greeting card →West Bengal festival calendar

Temple in Sankrail mandal

The principal temple recorded for Sankrail mandal is Kanaka Durga Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chanda itself.

Durga Puja in West Bengal

Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.

The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

This village needs an owner

Be the first to claim Chanda.

Claiming links this page to a real resident. It becomes searchable on Google, unlocks local jobs & business listings, and lets you start a Grama Sabha feed for the community. Free, forever.

Claim ChandaHow claiming works
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
LS
Jhargram
PC 33 · ST
→VS
Gopiballavpur
AC 221
→
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

Full profile →
PS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUTA SING MURMU
Contact: 93****3701
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Chanda can update it.
LGD code
341379
Pincode
721516
Post office
Lalgarh (West Midnapore)
Population
0
Households
0
Workers
0

Chanda at a glance

Chanda is a revenue village in Sankrail block, Jhargram district, West Bengal. The pincode is 721516, served by Lalgarh (West Midnapore) post office; the LGD village code is 341379. The sarpanch is PUTA SING MURMU, and the village votes in Gopiballavpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Mahata.

Gram panchayat: Kultikri →

Nearby villages compared

Compare side by side →
villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Chanda · this village0——
Baligerya · Sankrail1,84373%—
Jangal Kurachi · Sankrail1,28069%—
Kultikri · Sankrail79778%—
Phulbani · Sankrail75066%—
Charar · Sankrail57977%—
Mandar · Sankrail52979%—

Complete this village · 4/7

Add what you know →
  • Sarpanch name
  • Panchayat contact
  • Pincode
  • About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
  • A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
  • A festival or jatara
  • A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur

Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chanda

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
No
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
No
Power hours (summer)
0
Power hours (winter)
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
No
Weekly haat
No
All-weather road
No
Total area (ha)
14.43
Irrigated area (ha)
10.97
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Chanda

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Chanda

LGD code
341379
Pincode
721516
Post office
Lalgarh (West Midnapore)
Population (Census 2011)
0
Households
0
Lok Sabha constituency
Jhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Gopiballavpur
Member of Parliament
Kalipada Soren
Member of Legislative Assembly
Rajesh Mahata
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
PUTA SING MURMU
Block / Mandal
Sankrail
Same pincode

Villages sharing pincode 721516

All villages in 721516 →
Same name, different place

Other villages named Chanda

Looking for a different Chanda? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Chanda →

Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chanda

Other villages in Sankrail mandal

View all 60+ →
Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)