Chanchal

Chanchal is a town in Malda District, West Bengal, India.This place is famous for Chanchal Palace. It is the second largest town in Malda.

Geography

Chanchal is located at 25°23′N 87°59′E / 25.39°N 87.99°E / 25.39; 87.99. Chanchal is the headquarter of the Chanchal subdivision. Also, the headquarter of the Chanchal–I CD block is here.

Chanchal subdivision consists of six blocks Harishchandrapur–I, Harishchandrapur–II, Chanchal–I, Chanchal–II, Ratua–I and Ratua–II. Chanchal comes under the "Tal" region of the district.

History

It was the home of Raja Saratchandra Rai Bahadur, who built the Chanchal palace. The King was married to Queen Dakshyani. One part of the palace was transformed into a government college in 1969.The other part of the Palace is now Chanchal Subdivisional Court.

Climate

Chanchal has three distinct seasons: summer, winter and monsoon. In summer the temperature sometimes reaches 45 degree Celsius. Winters are generally chilled and cool and sometimes temperature goes below 3 degree Celsius. During the monsoons (between June and September), the town is lashed by moderate to heavy rains.

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block.

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)

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