Chandra, Puncha
Chandra is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Puncha Subdivision in Purulia district of West Bengal, which falls under Puncha block. Shambhu Nath Roy is the President of Chandra Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address pradhan.chandragp@gmail.com and mobile number 99337xxx97. The Secretary is Jagat Chandra Nandi, who can be reached at email address jcnandi.101@gmail.com and mobile number 82506xxx06. The Panchayat address is Village- Chandra, Post Office-Chandra, Police Station -Kenda, Pincode - 723128. You can reach there by taking a bus till Bindudih Jamtal bus stop which is around 5 km away.
As on May 2024, the current population of Chandra is 4.2 thousands out of which 2.1 thousands are males and rest 2.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 976 females per 1000 males. There are around 524 teenagers in Chandra. It has literacy rate of 58% which means around 2.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 548 people belonging to scheduled caste and 307 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 862 households in Chandra, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.2 thousands. The pincode of Chandra is 723128 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Balakdih Sub Post office
- Bundwan Uttar Branch Post office
- Jabla Branch Post office
- Jangidiri Branch Post office
- Pirrah Branch Post office
Schools
Chandra has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Gopalnagar Ashutosh High School
- Rajnowagarh D.P.M. High School
- Balakdih K.B.M. High School.(High School)
- Bijoydih High School.
- Jitujuri Debasish High School(High School)
Hospitals
Chandra has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
Covered villages
Chandra Gram Panchayat manages total 6 villages.