Chelad

Chelad (also spelled Chelod) is a census town in the Raniganj CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Chelod is located at
The Asansol Durgapur region has undulating laterite soil. This area lies between the Damodar and the Ajay. Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Ratibati and Chelad form a cluster of census towns and an outgrowth on the northern and eastern sides of Asansol.

According to the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation. Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns. (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map).

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Chelad covered an area of 3.93 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 1.5 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved service reservoir, tapwater from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 800 domestic electric connections and 40 road lighting (points). Among the medical facilities, it had 2 dispensary/ health centres, 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes, 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Asansol 13 km away. It had 5 non formal education centres (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). An important commodity it produced was furniture. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.

Chelad has two primary and one higher secondary schools. The high school set up in the 1976 and its third batch produced multi starer like Swapan Maji, Kaushik Maji under the direct supervision of its HM Manindra Maji.