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<div>{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Old Malda<br />
| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = City<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3#Asia<br />
| pushpin_label_position = <br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25.04|N|88.14|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malda district|Malda]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]<br />
| governing_body = [[Old Malda Municipality, Malda|Old Malda Municipality]]<br />
| leader_title = [[Chairman]]<br />
| leader_name = Basistha Trivedi<br />
| leader_title1 = Vice [[Chairman]]<br />
| leader_name1 =<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 84,012<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_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=www.wb.gov.in|access-date=15 January 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=15 January 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 />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 732128, 732142<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| unemployment_rate = <br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]<br />
| website = {{URL|malda.nic.in/}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maldaha]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Old Malda''' is a [[town]] and municipality in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the Malda Metropolitan Area ([[Urban Agglomeration]]). It is located on the eastern bank of the river [[Mahananda River|Mahananda]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Old Malda is located at {{Coord|25.04|N|88.14|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=25.04199&lon=88.141022&zoom=13&q1=Old%2520Maldah%252C%2520Malda%252C%2520West%2520Bengal<br />
|title = Yahoo maps location of Old Malda<br />
|publisher = Yahoo maps<br />
|access-date = 7 December 2008<br />
|archive-date = 13 March 2009<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090313184016/http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=25.04199&lon=88.141022&zoom=13&q1=Old%2520Maldah%252C%2520Malda%252C%2520West%2520Bengal<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Old Malda had a population of 62,944. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Old Malda has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 54%. In Old Malda, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Most of the people are [[Hindu]]. Some [[Muslim]], [[Sikh|Shikh]], [[Christians|Christian]] people live here.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Malda District}}<br />
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}<br />
{{Malda topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Malda district]]<br />
[[Category:Maldah| ]]</div>
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