Malda
Division
Location of Malda in West Bengal
Interactive Map Outlining Malda
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Established	2016
Capital	Malda
Districts	Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur
Area
• Total	14,418 km2 (5,567 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,773,557
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)

Malda Division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal. This division was earlier a part of Jalpaiguri division and was carved out from it in 2016.^[1] The headquarters and the largest city of the Malda Division is Malda. The office of divisional commissioner is temporary located in old circuit house at B. G. Road, Malda.

Districts

It consists of 4 districts:^[2]

Code	District	Headquarters	Area	Population As of 2011	Population Density	Map
MA	Malda	Malda	3,733 km2(1,441 sq mi)	3,997,970	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
MU	Murshidabad	Baharampur	5,324 km2(2,056 sq mi)	7,103,807	1,334/km2 (3,460/sq mi)
ND	Uttar Dinajpur	Raiganj	3,142 km2 (1,213 sq mi)	3,000,849	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
SD	Dakshin Dinajpur	Balurghat	2,219 km2 (857 sq mi)	1, 670,931	750/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Total	4	—	14,418 km2 (5,567 sq mi)	15,773,557	4,177 km2 (10,760/sq mi)

Demographics

Malda division is the only division of West Bengal where Muslims forms the majority of the population. Muslims numbering 9,612,405, comprises 60.94% of the population, whereas Hindus numbering 6,025,498, forms 38.20% of the division's population.^[3]