bandel88Bandel Church. Bandel's history can be traced to the heydays of Saptagram (সপ্তগ্রাম Saptagrām) or Satgaon (সাতগাঁও Sātgā n o), a major port town in medieval Bengal.It isBandel is a city in the Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal.It was founded by Portuguese settlers and falls under the jurisdiction of Chandernagore Police Commissionerate.