Interestings facts about Malda

• A foreign settlement was established in 1680. Malda came to be known as Ingraj Bazaar or English Bazaar when the Dutch, French and the East India Company started trading here.

• Malda is the fifth largest city (after Kolkata (Calcutta), Howrah, Asansol and Siliguri) in West Bengal and is the second largest (after Siliguri) city in North Bengal.

• Mango trade and Silk manufacture are the main economic activities of  here.Malda is widely famous for 'Fazli' Mango.

• The folk culture of Gombhira  is a feature of the district, being a unique way of representation of joy and sorrow of daily life of the common people, as well as the unique medium of presentation on national and international matters.

•  Gour and Pandua , These two cities had been the capital of Bengal in ancient and medieval ages and are equidistant, north and south, from English Bazar town .

•  According to the 2011 census Malda district has a population of 3,997,970 roughly equal to the nation of Liberia or the US state of Oregon. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.5 %. Maldah has a sex ratio of 939 females for every 1000 males,and a literacy rate of 62.71%.