Patua, the artists of Chalchitra, called it Pata Lekha, which means the writing of Patachitra.

[5] The main content of the chalchitra is Shib-Parboti, Kali, Shib attending Nandi-Vringi, Mahish-mardini, Dashabatar etc.

Ram, Sita, Shib, Nandi-Vringi, Brahma, Vishnu, Shumbha-Nishumbha are painted on this kind of Chalchitra.

300–400 years old idols of Nabadwip Shakta Rash used Chalchitra as a part of Pratima.

Baishnavadas Mallik of Kolkata's Darpanarayan Tagore Street and the tradition of writing pot in the Bose family of Ramkrishnapur is still fine.

Bimanbihari Sheel of Ramchan family in Chorabagan, north Kolkata said[7]- Āgē cālitē paṭa lēkhā halē'ō bhāla cālacitra śilpī saṅkhyāẏa kamē yā'ōẏāẏa ēkhana dēbīra cālacitrē byabahāra karā haẏa hātē ām̐kā cālacitraKrishnanagar's Chalchitra artist Biswanath Pal wrote pot in various Banedi families of Kolkata.

In general, blue, yellow, green, red, brown, black and white are used in the Chalchitra.