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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Malda division<br />
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]<br />
| image_map = Malda division map.svg<br />
| mapsize = 300<br />
| map_caption = Location of Malda division in West Bengal<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25|06|N|88|06|E|region:IN-WB_type:adm3rd_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]]<br />
| leader_title = [[List of districts of West Bengal|Districts]]<br />
| leader_name = {{hlist|[[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur]]|[[Malda district|Malda]]|[[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]|[[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]}}<br />
| leader_title1 = [[Divisional commissioner|DC]]<br />
| leader_name1 = Md.Ghulam Ali Ansari, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<br />
| leader_title2 = [[Inspector-general of police|IGP]]<br />
| leader_name2 = Dip Narayan Goswami, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<br />
| area_total_km2 = 14418<br />
| population_total = 15,773,557<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| demographics_type2 = Languages<br />
| demographics2_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics2_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
| demographics2_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics2_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +05:30<br />
| website = {{URL|https://wb.gov.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Malda division,''' also known as '''Gaur Banga,''' is an [[Divisions of West Bengal|administrative division]] within the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. This division was earlier a part of [[Jalpaiguri division]] and [[Presidency division]].It was carved out in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal-to-be-divided-into-two-more-administrative-divisions-170890 |title=Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions |website=millenniumpost.in |date=2016-11-22}}</ref> The headquarters and the largest city of the Malda Division is [[Malda City|Malda]]. The office of divisional commissioner is temporary located in old circuit house at B. G. Road, Malda.<br />
<br />
==Districts==<br />
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It consists of 4 [[Districts of India|districts]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandbharat.com/english/wb/index_wb.html |title=The State : West Bengal |website=brandbharat.com |access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Code<br />
!District<br />
!Headquarters<br />
!Area<br />
!Population As of 2011<br />
![[Population Density]]<br />
!Map<br />
|-<br />
|MA<br />
|[[Malda district|Malda]]<br />
|[[Malda City|Malda]] <br />
|3,733&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>(1,441 sq mi)<br />
|3,997,970<br />
|1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (2,800/sq mi)<br />
|[[File:Malda in West Bengal (India).svg|thumb]]<br />
|-<br />
|MU<br />
|[[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]<br />
|[[Baharampur]]<br />
|5,324&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>(2,056 sq mi)<br />
|7,103,807<br />
|1,334/km<sup>2</sup> (3,460/sq mi)<br />
|[[File:Murshidabad in West Bengal (India).svg|thumb]]<br />
|-<br />
|ND<br />
|[[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]] <br />
|[[Raiganj]]<br />
|3,142&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (1,213 sq mi)<br />
|3,000,849<br />
|960/km<sup>2</sup> (2,500/sq mi)<br />
|[[File:Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal (India).svg|thumb]]<br />
|-<br />
|SD<br />
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur]] <br />
|[[Balurghat]]<br />
|2,219&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (857 sq mi)<br />
|1, 670,931<br />
|750/km<sup>2</sup> (2,000/sq mi)<br />
|[[File:Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal (India).svg|thumb]]<br />
|-<br />
!Total<br />
!4<br />
!—<br />
|14,418 km2 <br />
(5,567 sq mi) <br />
|15,773,557<br />
|4,177 km2 <br />
(10,760/sq mi) <br />
|[[File:India WB.svg|thumb]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{Pie chart<br />
|thumb = center<br />
|caption = Religion in Malda Division ([[2011 Indian Census]])<br />
|label1 = [[Islam]]<br />
|value1 = 60.94<br />
|color1 = green<br />
|label2 = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|value2 = 38.20<br />
|color2 = orange<br />
|label3 = Others or no religion<br />
|value3 = 0.80<br />
|color3 = grey<br />
}}<br />
Malda division is the only division of [[West Bengal]] where [[Muslims]] forms the majority of the population. [[Muslims]] numbering <br />
9,612,405, comprises 60.94% of the population, whereas [[Hindus]] numbering 6,025,498, forms 38.20% of the division's population.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS Population by religious community: West Bengal]. 2011 Census of India.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Divisions of West Bengal]]</div>
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