Malda, also known as English Bazar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The city is growing rapidly nowadays with its population inching towards half a million.

[7] It was named in accordance with the factories built on the banks of River Mahananda by the British.

Like the most other places in West Bengal, the weather of Malda is usually extremely humid and tropical.

Temperatures can reach as high as 42 °C (108 °F) during the day in May and June and fall as low as 8 °C (46 °F) overnight in December and January.

Malda Airport (IATA: LDA, ICAO: VEMH) was closed in 1972 due to the Bangladesh War.

In 2014, direct helicopter services were started between Malda and Kolkata, by the government of West Bengal.

Some of the notable high schools of the city include Gour-Pandua travel guide from Wikivoyage