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Malda Old Malda, English Bazar | |
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City | |
 Malda City Skyline view | |
| Nickname: Mango City | |
  Malda Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Malda Malda (India) Show map of India Malda Malda (Asia) Show map of Asia | |
| Coordinates:25°00′43″N88°08′36″E / 25.0119°N 88.1433°E /25.0119; 88.1433 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Division | Malda |
| Totalwards | 49 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | English Bazar Municipality Old Malda Municipality |
| • Chairman | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury |
| • District Magistrate | Nitin Singhania,IAS |
| • Superintendent of Police | Pradeep Kumar Yadav,IPS |
| Area | |
• City | 13.25 km2 (5.12 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22.79 km2 (8.80 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 206.6 km2 (79.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• City | 216,083 |
| • Rank | 6th inWest Bengal |
| • Density | 16,310/km2 (42,240/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 300,088 |
| • Metro | 324,237 |
| • City rank | 223rd inIndia |
| Demonym | Maldabasi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[4][5] |
| • Additional official | English[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 732101, 732102, 732103, 732141, 732142, 732128 |
| Telephone code | 03512 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-65/WB-66 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Uttar,Maldaha Dakshin |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Malda,English Bazar |
| River | Mahananda River |
| Website | www |
Malda, also known asEnglish Bazar, is a city in theIndian state ofWest Bengal. It is the sixth largest city (urban agglomeration) inWest Bengal.[6] It is the headquarters of theMalda district as well as of theMalda division of West Bengal. It consists of two municipalities, viz.English Bazar Municipality andOld Malda Municipality, under Malda Metropolitan Area. The city is located on the banks of theMahananda River. Malda was an undeveloped city which was enlarging from 1925 to 1930. The city is growing rapidly nowadays with its population inching towards half a million.
The nameEnglish Bazar is acalque ofAngrezābād ("English-town"), applied in the 17th century to the surroundings of the English factory.[7] It was named in accordance with the factories built on the banks of River Mahananda by the British. The English traders set their factories here for the high profitable trade.
Malda is located at25°00′43″N88°08′36″E / 25.0119°N 88.1433°E /25.0119; 88.1433.[8] It has an average elevation of 17 metres (56 feet). It is situated on both the western and eastern banks of the riverMahananda.
Like many other places in northern West Bengal, the weather of Malda is usually extremely humid andsubtropical. Temperatures can reach as high as 42 °C (108 °F) during the day in May and June and fall as low as 8 °C (46 °F) overnight in December and January. Malda's highest recorded temperature was 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) on 27 May 1958 and lowest recorded temperature was 3.9 °C (39.0 °F) on 3 February 1905.
In Malda, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C (79.5 °F). Precipitation is about 1,554 mm (61.2 in) per year. The driest month is December. There is 4.3 mm (0.17 in) of precipitation in December. The greatest amount of precipitation occurs in July, with an average of 352 mm (13.9 in).
| Climate data for Malda (1991–2020, extremes 1901–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.5 (90.5) | 38.7 (101.7) | 41.7 (107.1) | 44.1 (111.4) | 45.0 (113.0) | 44.4 (111.9) | 39.2 (102.6) | 40.0 (104.0) | 40.9 (105.6) | 40.5 (104.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 45.0 (113.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 32.7 (90.9) | 35.3 (95.5) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.4 (93.9) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.9 (89.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 31.1 (88.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 14.6 (58.3) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.7 (56.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 3.9 (39.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 9.1 (0.36) | 13.7 (0.54) | 16.7 (0.66) | 52.1 (2.05) | 114.6 (4.51) | 252.8 (9.95) | 338.0 (13.31) | 295.2 (11.62) | 281.9 (11.10) | 128.2 (5.05) | 10.4 (0.41) | 2.2 (0.09) | 1,514.9 (59.64) |
| Average rainy days | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 11.2 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 70.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 67 | 56 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 67 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[9][10][11][12] | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 86.95% | |||
| Islam | 11.02% | |||
| Christianity | 0.29% | |||
| Other or not stated | 1.73% | |||
As of the[update]2011 census, Malda metropolitan city had a total population of 324,237.[13]
As of the[update]2011 census, English Bazar municipality had a population of 216,083.[3] The municipality had asex ratio of 877 females per 1,000 males and 14.9% of the population were under six years old.[3] Effective literacy was 84.69%; male literacy was 85.44% and female literacy was 83.86%.[3]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[14] Old Malda Municipality had a population of 62,944. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Old Malda has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 54%. In Old Malda, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 86.43% | |||
| Islam | 13.22% | |||
| Christianity | 0.11% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.22% | |||
As of 2011 census, the majority of the population of the English Bazar municipality wereHindus with 86.95% adherents, followed by 11.02%Muslims and small populations ofSikhs andChristians.[15]
There are two municipalities in Malda, i.e. theEnglish Bazar Municipality and theOld Malda Municipality.
The municipality of English Bazar is divided into 29 wards. TheTrinamool Congress (with 25 councillors) holds the power in this municipality (as of 2022).
The municipality of Old Malda is divided into 20 wards.[16]
NH 12 crosses through the city. The Gour Kanya Bus Terminus serves as the bus depot for both private buses and government bus service operated by theNorth Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC).
There are four railway stations which serves the metropolitan city.Malda Town railway station serves the English Bazar area;Old Malda Junction serves theOld Malda area;Malda Court serves Mangalbari and Naldubi area, andGour Malda servesMahadipur andGauḍa (Gour) area.
Malda Airport (IATA: LDA, ICAO: VEMH) was closed in 1972 due to theBangladesh War. Before that there were direct daily flights from Malda toKolkata,Delhi, andGuwahati. In 2014, direct helicopter services were started between Malda and Kolkata, by the government of West Bengal. As of 2017, the airport is under construction and the flight service will start very soon but the construction work has not been started yet.
Some of the notable high schools of the city include
Gour-Pandua travel guide from Wikivoyage
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