Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi.

[1] The Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision, presented in the map alongside, has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman district lying across the river.

The area between the Bhagirathi and the Jalangi, which flows through the middle of the subdivision, is known as Kalantar, a low-lying tract of black clay soil.

Affiliated to the University of Kalyani, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, political science, philosophy, education and sociology.

[11][12] According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Chapra covered an area of 4.1232 km2.

Among the civic amenities, it had 5.25 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved BWT, tubewell, borewell.

Three important items it produced were mustard oil, steel almirah, leather bags.