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Bulbulchandi

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Settlement type Village
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Bulbulchandi is a village and a gram panchayat in the Habibpur CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

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

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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bulbulchandi had a total population of 2,915, of which 1,493 (51%) were males and 1,422 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 292. The total number of literate persons in Bulbulchandi was 6,524 (79.34% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Transport

There is a station at Bulbulchandi on the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line. It is 15 km from Old Malda Junction railway station.[6]

Healthcare

R.N.Roy Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Bulbulchandi is a major government facility in Habibpur CD block.[7]

References

  1. District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  2. District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  3. C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  4. District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  5. District Census Handbook, Maldah , Series 20, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. BBCE Bulbulchandi. IndiaRailInfo.
  7. Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal.

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