The town's name comes from that of the goddess Chandi Devi, to whom there is a dedicated temple in the town. It has seen a rapid development in these 5 years{2005-2010}. Before 5 years there was very bad road but now it has one of the best road in Bihar. Now{{2010} it also has water supply by government which has started for the first time. Nowadays it has electricity for 21 hours as compared to 8 hours electricity supply before 4 years. These all are due to Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumarji. Government has established Nalanda Engineering College. Here few computer classes had been also established which are always full during running session.
