The Village.
Come to Chauddhachuli, deep inside rural West Bengal, and get off the grid. Behind the familiar images of rural India there is a wind of change here — if you look for it.
Khejuri II · Purba Medinipur
One of nine villages.
Chauddhachuli is one of nine villages in the Haludbari gram panchayat, in Khejuri II block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. It covers 371.93 hectares and is home to 3,903 people across 793 households. The nearest town, Contai, is 36 km away.
- Dekhali
- Garang
- Halud Bari
- Jagannath Chak
- Kartik Khali
- Keshab Chak
- Mundamari
- Narsulya Chak
Chauddhachuli, counted.
- Block
- Khejuri II
- District
- Purba Medinipur
- State
- West Bengal
- Total population
- 3,903
- Male 2,009 · female 1,894
- Literate
- 2,952
- Male 1,588 · female 1,364
- Illiterate
- 951
- Male 421 · female 530
- Households
- 793
- Area
- 371.93 ha
- Nearest town
- Contai
- 36 km
- Gram panchayat
- Haludbari
- Nine villages
- Pincode
- 721432
Figures from the Census of India, 2011.
The village on film.
A short travel documentary about Chauddhachuli and the changing face of rural West Bengal, made by Turiyo.
Fields, fish ponds and the coast.
Fish ponds
A farmstead
The beach
Village Journal.
Short pieces about the people, places and rituals of Chauddhachuli: the haat (the twice-weekly market), the puffed rice mill, Pirbaba, the football champions.