Jhangra, Malda
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Jhangra | |
|---|---|
Census Town | |
  Jhangra Location in West Bengal, India  Jhangra Jhangra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°02′22″N 88°09′39″E / 25.03936°N 88.16076°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.3573 km2 (1.6824 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,020 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 732141 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 03512 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Uttar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Maldaha |
| Website | malda |
Jhangra is a census town in the Old Malda CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Location
9.9miles
River
River
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Facility, H: historical centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Jhangra is located at 25°02′22″N 88°09′39″E / 25.03936°N 88.16076°E.
Area overview
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal 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 the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes." The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers.[1] The total area is overwhelmingly rural.[2][3] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.[4]
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.
