Madna is a

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in the

Suti I Suti I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the ...

CD block in the

Jangipur subdivision Jangipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the eas ...

of the Murshidabad district in the state of

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Geography

Location

Madna is situated in

, India at .

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52

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and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the

Rarh region Rarh region () is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to various ...

that is spread over from adjoining

Santhal Pargana division Santhal Pargana division constitutes one of the five district administration units known as the divisions of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Origin of name Santhal Pargana derives its name from two words: "Santhal", a major tribe of India a ...

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. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.The river

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, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long

Farakka Barrage Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj. Farakka Barrage Township is located in Farakka (community developmen ...

, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW

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and the 1,600 MW

Sagardighi Thermal Power Station Sagardighi Thermal Power Station is a thermal power plant located at Manigram, 13 km north of Sagardighi in the Indian state of West Bengal. The power plant is operated by the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited. Geography ...

.According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the

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industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the

alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks. Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics

According to the

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, Madna had a total population of 6,312, of which 3,143 (50%) were males and 3,169 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,221. The total number of literate persons in Madna was 3,015 (59.22% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Madna covered an area of 1.1065 km². The protected water-supply involved hand pump, tube well/ bore well. It had 1,322 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 3 primary schools in town, other schools at Sadikpur 5 km away, the nearest general degree college at

Aurangabad Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is th ...

10 km away.

Healthcare

Suti I CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination. The

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guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. The maximum concentration in Suti I CD block is 700 mg/litre.

References

Former capital cities in India Cities and towns in Murshidabad district {{Murshidabad-geo-stub