Jhangra is a census town in the

Old Malda Old Malda is a census town in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the Malda Metropolitan Area (Urban Agglomeration). It is located on the eastern bank of the river Mahananda. Geography Old Malda is located at . ...

CD block in the

Malda Sadar subdivision Malda Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Malda Sadar subdivision covers both the Barind Tract and the Diara, two of the three physiographic subregions of the dis ...

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

Jhangra is located at .

Area overview

The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the ''

Barind Barind Tract (alternately called the Varendra Tract in English and Borendro Bhumi in Bengali) is the largest Pleistocene era physiographic unit in the Bengal Basin. It covers most of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Pabna, Rajshahi, Bogra, and Joypurhat d ...

'' 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 Mahananda River (Pron:/ˌməhɑːˈnʌndə or ˌmɑːhəˈnʌndə/) is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal, and Bangladesh. It is an important tributary of the Ganges. Course The Mahananda ...

. 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. The total area is overwhelmingly

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descri ...

. There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and

Jagjivanpur Jagajjibanpur or Jagajivanpur (in Bengali: জগজ্জীবনপুর) is an archaeological site in Habibpur block of Malda district in West Bengal state in eastern India. This site is located at a distance of 41 km east from English Ba ...

. 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.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Jhangra had a total population of 5,020, of which 2,544 (51%) were males and 2,478 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 741. The total number of literate persons in Jhangra was 2,843 (66.41% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Maldah'', 2011, Jhangra covered an area of 4.3573 km². The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, hand pump. It had 800 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 veterinary hospital, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home. Among the educational facilities, it had 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school in town. The nearest senior secondary school, general degree college at Mangalbari, Malda 3 km away. It produced flour, aluminium, tiles. It had branch offices of 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society.

References

{{Malda District Cities and towns in Malda district