Malda Sadar subdivision

Area

Apart from Old Maldah municipality and English Bazar municipality, the subdivision contains three census towns and rural areas of 97 gram panchayats under nine community development blocks: English Bazar, Gazole, Habibpur, Kaliachak–I, Kaliachak–II, Kaliachak–III, Manickchak, Old Maldah and Bamangola. The three census towns are: Kachu Pukur, Kendua and Aiho.

English Bazar block

Rural area under English Bazar block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Amriti, Jadupur–I, Kotwali, Narhatta, Binodpur, Jadupur–II, Mahadipur, Sovanagar, Fulbaria, Kajigram and Milki. There is no urban area under this block. English Bazar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Malda.

Gazole block

Rural area under Gazole block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Alal, Chaknagar, Karkach, Raniganj–II, Bairgachhi–I, Deotala, Majhra, Sahajadpur, Bairgachhi–II, Gazole–I, Pandua, Salaidanga, Babupur, Gazole–II and Raniganj–I. There is no urban area under this block. Gazole police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Gazole.

Habibpur block

Rural area under Habibpur block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Aktail, Bulbulchandi, Jajail, Rishipur, Aiho, , Kanturka, Sreerampur, Baidyapur, Habibpur and Mangalpur. Urban area under this block consists of three census towns: Kachu Pukur, Kendua and Aiho. Habibpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Habibpur.

Kaliachak–I block

Rural area under Kaliachak–I block consists of 14 gram panchayats, viz. Alinagar, Gayeshbari, Kaliachak–II, Silampur–II, Alipur–I, Jalalpur, Mozampur, Sujapur, Alipur–II, Jaluabadhal, Naoda–Jadupur, Bamongram–Mashimpur, Kaliachak–I, Silampur–I. There is no urban area under this block. Kaliachak police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Kaliachak.

Kaliachak–II block

Rural area under Kaliachak–II block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bangitola, Rajnagar, Uttar Lakshmipur, Gangaprasad, Rathbari, Uttar Panchanandapur–II, Hamidpur, Uttar Panchanandapur–I and Mothabari. There is no urban area under this block. Kaliachak police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Mothabari. In this block, Block Live Stock Development Officers office is at Mothabari. There are two veterinary hospitals - Block Animal Health centre at Mothabari and Additional Block Animal Health Centre at Panchanandapur-II G. P. There is one ADAC in each Gram Panchayet.

Kaliachak–III block

Rural area under Kaliachak–III block consists of 14 gram panchayats, viz. Akandabaria, Bhagabanpur, Lakshmipur, Bakhrabad, Charianantapur, Pardeonapur–Sovapur, Bedrabad, Golapganj, Beernagar–I, Krishnapur, Sahabajpur, Beernagar–II, Kumbhira, Sahabanchak. There is no urban area under this block. Kaliachak and Baishnab Nagar police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Dariapur.

Manikchak block

Rural area under Manikchak block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Chowki Mirdadpur, Enayetpur, Manikchak, Nurpur, Dakshin Chandipur, Gopalpur, Mathurapur, Uttar Chandipur, Dharampur, Heeranandapur and Nazeerpur. There is no urban area under this block. Manickchak police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Manickchak.

Old Maldah block

Rural area under Old Maldah block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Bhabuk, Mahisbathani, Muchia, Jatradanga, Mangalbari and Sahapur. There is no urban area under this block. Maldah police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Naryanpur.

Bamangola block

Rural area under Bamangola block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Bamangola, Gobindapur–Maheshpur, Jagdala, Pakuahat, Chandpur and Madnabati. There is no urban area under this block. Bamangola police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Pakuahat.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the Bamangola block and eight gram panchayats under the Habibpur block, viz. Aktail, Baidyapur, Bulbulchandi, Dhumpur, Habibpur, Jajail, Kanturka and Mangalpur will together form the Habibpur assembly constituency. The area under the Gazole block will form the Gazole assembly constituency. The Manickchak block and the three gram panchayats of Milki, Fulbaria and Sovanagar under the English Bazar block will together form the Manickchak assembly constituency. The Old Maldaha block, the Old Malda municipality, Narhatta gram panchayat under the English Bazar block and the three gram panchayats of Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur under the Habibpur block will together constitute the Maldaha assembly constituency. The English Bazar municipality and the gram panchayats of Amriti, Binodpur, Jadupur–I, Jadupur–II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur under the English Bazar block will together form the English Bazar assembly constituency. The Kaliachak–II block and the gram panchayats of Alinagar and Kaliachak–I under the Kaliachak–I block will form the Mothabari assembly constituency. All other gram panchayats under the Kaliachak–I block will together form the Sujapur assembly constituency. The Kaliachak–III block will form the Baisnabnagar assembly constituency. Maldaha and Gazole constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates, whereas the Habibpur constituency will be reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST) candidates. Habibpur, Gazole and Maldaha constituencies will be part of the Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency), whereas the Manickchak, English Bazar, Mothabari, Suzapur and Baisnabnagar constituencies will be part of the Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).

Education

Madnahar Jr. High School (মদনাহার জুনিয়র হাই স্কুল) is a New Set-Up School situated at Madnahar village under Karkach GP. The full address of the school is Madnahar Jr. High School, Vill- Madnahar, PO- Ichahar, PS+Block- Gazole, Dis- Malda, State- West Bengal. Pin-732124. The School Recognition No. is: S/Recog./2009/N-688, Dated:07/08/2009. The school was established in 2009. The first Academic Session has been started from August,2010 with appointment of three approved teachers Sri Mithun Basak, Sri Sumal Mistri and Basudeb Chakraborty. As the School is situated in a rural area, the number of Drop-out students is exceeding to their expectation in the first Academic Session. The total enrolment of the School is 108 in the year 2012.