Malatipur | |
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Village | |
  Malatipur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Malatipur Malatipur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:25°20′06″N88°00′55″E / 25.335088°N 88.015196°E /25.335088; 88.015196 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,201 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 732123 |
| STD/ Telephone code | 03513 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Uttar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Malatipur |
| Website | malda |
Malatipur is a village in theChanchal IICD block in theChanchal subdivision ofMalda district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Malatipur is located at25°20′06″N88°00′55″E / 25.335088°N 88.015196°E /25.335088; 88.015196
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – theBarind in the east and thetal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are “hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron.” It lies to the east of theMahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, thetal, is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes,bils andoxbow lakes.” Thetal area is prone to flooding by local rivers.[3] The total area is overwhelminglyrural.[4][5] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area –Pandua andJagjivanpur.[6]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
The headquarters of Chanchal II CD block is at Malatipur.[7][8]
According to the2011 Census of India, Malatipur had a total population of 1,201, of which 611 (51%) were males and 590 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 107. The total number of literate persons in Malatipur was 962 (87.93% of the population over 6 years).[9]
Malatipur is onNational Highway 31.[10]
Malatipur Rural Hospital at Malatipur (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Chanchal II CD block. There areprimary health centres at Chandrapara (with four beds) and Chorolmoni (Khempur PHC, ten beds).[11]
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