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Mal (community development block)

Mal is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Malbazar is located at 26°51′N 88°45′E / 26.85°N 88.75°E / 26.85; 88.75.

The Mal CD block lies in the north-western part of the district. The Teesta River flows along the western and southern boundary of the district, the Mal River flows along a portion of the eastern boundary. The northern portion has hilly terrain which is part of the sub-Himalayan ranges, the southern portion is part of the central tract, locally called Bhaber.

The Mal CD block is bounded by the Kalimpong I and Gorubathan CD blocks in Kalimpong district on the north, Matiali CD block on the east, Kranti CD block on the south, and Rajganj CD block on the west.

The Mal CD block has an area of 545.90 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 6 gram panchayats, 196 gram sansads (village councils), 106 mouzas, 100 inhabited villages and 2 census towns. Mal police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Mal.

Gram panchayats of Mal block/ panchayat samiti are: Bagrakote, Damdim, Kumlai, Odlabari, Rungamati and Tesimla.

According to the 2011 Census of India, the Mal CD block had a total population of 299,556, of which 275,384 were rural, and 24,172 were urban. There were 151,826 (51%) males and 147,730 (49%) females. There were 19,208 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The Scheduled Castes numbered 80,400 (26.84%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 103,356 (34.50%).

According to the 2001 census, Mal block had a total population of 264,711, out of which 134,956 were males and 129,755 were females. Mal block registered a population growth of 15.09 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.

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