About English bazar

English Bazar, better known as Malda, called mango city, is a city and a municipality in Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. Malda is the fifth largest city (after Kolkata (Calcutta), Howrah, Asansol, Siliguri) in West Bengal. Malda is nominated for becoming a municipal corporation (both English Bazar municipality & Old Malda municipality), and is the second largest (after Siliguri) city in North Bengal. It serves as the district headquarters. English Bazar is located at 2500N 8809E / 25.00N 88.15E / 25.00; 88.15. It has an average elevation of 17metres (56feet). It is located on the western bank of the river Mahananda. Usually the weather like much of Bengal is extremely humid and tropical. Temperatures can reach as high as 46C in the hot and dry months of May and June but can plummet to about 4C in the chilly nights of December and January. As of the 2011 census, English Bazar municipality had a population of 216,083 and the urban agglomeration had a...