Araidanga

Araidanga
Populated place
Araidanga Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Araidanga Araidanga (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°07′03″N87°59′17″E / 25.117441°N 87.988111°E / 25.117441; 87.988111 Coordinates: 25°07′03″N87°59′17″E / 25.117441°N 87.988111°E / 25.117441; 87.988111
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	732214
Telephone/ STD code	03512
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Maldaha Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ratua
Website	malda.nic.in

Araidanga is a populated place, not identified as a separate place in 2011 census, in the Ratua II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the northern portion of Malda district (including Chanchal subdivision and Old Malda, Habibpur, Bamangola and Gazole CD blocks)
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

Location

Araidanga is located at 25°07′03″N87°59′17″E / 25.117441°N 87.988111°E / 25.117441; 87.988111 .

Araidanga is a gram panchayat. ^[1]

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. ^[2] The total area is overwhelmingly rural. ^{[3] [4]} There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur. ^[5]

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.

Education

Araidanga DBM Academy is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1865. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a playground, a library with 361 books, and 15 computers for teaching and learning purposes. ^[6]

Healthcare

Araidanga Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the main government medical facility in Ratua II CD block. ^[7]

See also

• Araidanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References

1. "Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal". Malda district - Revised in March 2008. Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Pages 13-15: Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda". Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
4. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
5. "District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Page 98: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
6. "Araidanga D.B.M Academy". Schools.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
7. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 16 August 2021.