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PLACES
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CHANDPUR
Chandpur, with a population of 609 in 1971, is a small village in Bhandara tahsil situated about 32 miles north of Bhandara. It was the headquarters of a pargana, and the residence of a kamavisdar. There is an old and a ruinous fort ascribed to the Gaolis, on the site of which custard-apple trees now grow. A large number of Gaolis are engaged in cattle-breeding. Inside the fort is a dargah of one Chand Shah Vali at which an urus is held in March-April. A large irrigation tank with a capacity to irrigate 3,040 acres of land was completed in 1915 in two stages. It is known as Chandpur tank and has been brought under pisciculture. The village has a grampanchayat, a primary school and a service co-operative. The soil is metamorphic and shows traces of manganese deposits. At Chikhla, about six miles west of Chandpur, a manganese mine is worked.
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