Three persons associated with the name of Chandidas emerged and they have been identified separately with the prefix ‘Baru’, ‘Dwija’ and ‘Din’.

Devidas was appointed priest in the temple of Basuli Devi and Chandidas was a poet.

In 1916, Basanta Ranjan Roy Bidvatballava of Beliatore found an unpublished manuscript of Chandidas, edited it and had it published under the title Srikrishnakirtan.

From the dates of composition of Srikrishnakirtan, it is evident that Chandidas lived during the rule of Hamir Uttar Roy.

Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east.

The soil is laterite, red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood.

[10][11] The College of Agriculture, Chhatna, an extended campus of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, was started in 2015.

[15] Chhatna Basuli Balika Banipith is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1975.

[16] David J. McCutchion mentions the Vasuli temple at Chhatna as a pancha-ratna built in 1871.