Malbazar

Malbazar মালবাজার Mal
City
Malbazar Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Government
• Municipality Chairperson	Mr. Supratim Sarkar
Area
• Total	2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	23,212
• Density	9,067/km2 (23,480/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	735221
Sex ratio	917 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Jalpaiguri (SC)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Mal (ST)
Website	jalpaiguri.gov.in

Malbazar, also known as Mal, is a sub-divisional town, a municipality in Jalpaiguri district, located in North Bengal, India. It lies about 65 km from Jalpaiguri and 55 km from Siliguri.

History

Before 1947 Malbazar was a very small place, mainly known for its tea gardens mostly owned by British people. Those tea gardens had a few Bengali white collar employees and the work force consisted of tribal people. After independence of India as well as partition of Bengal refugees from the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) started to settle here and there by cutting down forests. By that time, Dr. Narayan Chandra Bannerjee,Dr Amolendu Biswas(came from Pabna) Dr Tarak mukherjee,Shri Nripendra nath choudhary who came there from Dacca established this city . Dr Narayan Chandra Bannerjee had earned a lot of respect for his effective medical treatments and social services, took initiatives to get the refuges settled there in an organised way. As a result some colonies came up. Later, due to efforts dr narayan bannerjee , dr Amalendu Biswas , Shri Nripendra nath choudhary , shri Sarat ch ghosh ,Shri Dulal Sen, Shri Makhan Bose established Adarsha Bidya Bhawan (a boys' high school), Shri Bipin bihari Bondhopadhy established Subhasini Balika Vidyalay (a girls' high school) came up in the 1950s. A Government Hospital ( Mal Grahmin hospital) was eshtablished , Dr Amolendu Biswas had also contributed a lot being the only Dentist of Maalbazar, Shri Nripendra nath choudhury had helped the refugees to get setteled . Soon, the police station was shifted to Malbazar from nearby Kranti. In the 1970s Malbazar got its fire service station. Later, a street was named after Dr. Narayan Chandra Bannerjee.

Geography

Mal is located at .

Malbazar is one of the more important towns in Dooars, the town is strategically located in the eastern part of the Dooars region, though the town itself does not have much to offer to the tourists except for the beautiful Mal Park but due to its strategic location on the national highway, one can stay at Malbazar and visit the important tourist destination of Eastern Dooars – Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Reserve, Jhalong, Bindu, Samsing, Suntalekhola are the famous tourist spots in this area. There is a government tourist lodge in Malbazar apart from a few private accommodations. Malbazar is where an annual flower show is held, visited by people from places far and near.

Demographics

In the 2001 census, Malbazar had a population of 23,212 out of which 12,111 were males and 11,101 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991–2001 was 13.81% for Malbazar, against 21.52% in Jalpaiguri district. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%.

Malbazar had a total scheduled caste population of 2,879 and a scheduled tribe population of 1,966.

Education

• Mal Adarsha Bidya Bhaban(H.S)
• Caesar School (CBSE, English)(H.S)
• Subhasini Girls High School(H.S)
• St Bartholemew's High School(B.L School)(H.S)
• Pushpika Girls High School
• Mal Ideal Hindi High School
• Gurukul Hindi Vidyalaya
• Ananda Bidyapith

Also there is a college called Mal Parimal Mitra Smriti Mahavidyalay.

Computer education centers:

• MICE ( station road , near CPIM party office ) Authorised study center malbazaar)
• COMSI (Computer Science Institution)

Transport

The local train station, New Mal Junction, is connected by the newly converted Broad Gauge of the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line train line. The train line leads from the forests of North Bengal to the foothills near borer with Bhutan. Malbazar is well connected by road with important towns like Siliguri and Jalpaiguri. In fact, Malbazar became very popular to tourists as gateway to many more tourist spots like Gorumara, Chalsa etc. There exists a short route between Malbazar and Lava via Gorubathan.

Politics

The chairperson of Mal Municipality is Mr. Swapan Saha. & Vice Chairperson is Mr. Kundan Lohar.

Tourist interests

• Mal Park
• Buddhist Temple
• Mal and Karola rivers
• many tea gardens
• Balaji Mandir, at Sattyanarayan More, Malbazar, Jalpaiguri.

Accommodations

Mal Tourist Lodge (run by West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation); Guest House of Mal Municipality, PWD Inspection Bungalow and some private hotels.

External links

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Computer-EMPS-Association/220692254616047
• http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?rl=cpp&cmm=114762943
• http://yctcemps.blogspot.com/