Malda division

Malda
Malda
Division
	Location of Malda division in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 25°06′N 88°06′E / 25.100°N 88.100°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Established	2016
Headquarters	Malda
Government
• Districts	Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur
Area
• Total	14,418 km2 (5,567 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	15,773,557
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	wb.gov.in

Malda Division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal. This division was earlier a part of Jalpaiguri division and was carved out from it in 2016.^[3] The headquarters and the largest city of the Malda Division is Malda. The office of divisional commissioner is temporary located in old circuit house at B. G. Road, Malda.

^ ^a ^b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions". millenniumpost.in. 2016-11-22.

[wblangoff-1] "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[2] "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[3] "Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions". millenniumpost.in. 2016-11-22.

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