Malda

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Malda is a town in eastern India known as a commercial hub and historic gateway to the northern districts of West Bengal.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Malda district 5
Malda canonical 4
Malda Town 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipal town
administrativeStatus municipality
climate humid subtropical climate
country India
distanceFrom approximately 347 km north of Kolkata
economicActivity agricultural marketing
textile trading
trade
famousFor jute
mango production
silk
governingBody Malda Municipality
hasAlternativeName English Bazar
hasNearbyAirport Malda Airport (limited/defunct operations)
hasNearbyHistoricSite Gour
Pandua
historicalSignificance served as a trading and administrative centre under various medieval kingdoms
isAlsoSpelledAs English Bazaar
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Malda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malda district
knownAs English Bazar
legislativeConstituency English Bazar Assembly constituency
locatedIn eastern India
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Malda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malda district
locatedInGeographicalRegion Indo-Gangetic Plain
surface form: Gangetic plains
locatedOnRiver Mahananda River
nearestMajorAirport Bagdogra Airport
nearRiver Ganges
officialLanguage Bengali
English
parliamentaryConstituency Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency
surface form: Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency
postalCodeType PIN
region North Bengal
role commercial hub of northern West Bengal
historic gateway to the northern districts of West Bengal
state West Bengal
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transportConnection connected by National Highway 12
served by Malda Town railway station
UTCOffset +5:30

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Bengal containsTown Malda
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station connectsTo Malda
this entity surface form: Malda Town
Farakka nearbyCity Malda
Gaur partlyLocatedIn Malda
this entity surface form: Malda district
Malda locatedInAdministrativeDivision Malda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malda district
Malda isDistrictHeadquartersOf Malda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malda district
North Bengal hasCity Malda
subject surface form: North Bengal (India)
North Bengal hasDistrict Malda
subject surface form: North Bengal (India)
this entity surface form: Malda district
Adina Mosque in Pandua locatedIn Malda
this entity surface form: Malda district