Mashaldaha


Mashaldaha is a village in the Harishchandrapur II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Mashaldaha is located at.

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 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. The total area is overwhelmingly rural. There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.
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, Mashaldaha had a total population of 3,889, of which 2,018 were males and 1,871 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 625. The total number of literate persons in Masaldaha was 2,300.

Education

Masaldaha Ganpat Rai High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1954. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,000 books, and 15 computers for teaching and learning.

Healthcare

Masaldabazar Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the main government medical facility in Harishchandrapur II CD block.