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Changual

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Changual
Village
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CountryFile:Flag of India.svg India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,737
Languages*
 • OfficialBengali, Santali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721301
Telephone/STD code03221
Lok Sabha constituencyGhatal
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPingla
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Changual is a village in the Kharagpur II CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

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Area overview

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Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[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

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According to the 2011 Census of India, Changual had a total population of 3,737, of which 1,892 (51%) were males and 1,645 (49%) were females. There were 445 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Changual was 2669 (81.08% of the population over 6 years).[3]

.* For language details see Kharagpur II#Language and religion

Education

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Changual Kandarpapur Pranabesh Vidyayatan is a Bengali-medium co-educational institution established in 1959. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 487 books, 1 computer and a playground.[4]

Healthcare

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Changual Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Changual, is the major government medical facility in the Kharagpur II CD block[5]

References

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