Mashaldaha

Mashaldaha is a village in the Harishchandrapur II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Mashaldaha is located at 25.3241°N, 87.9284°W.

Area overview
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are "hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron." It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes." The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers. The total area is overwhelmingly rural. There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Mashaldaha had a total population of 3,889, of which 2,018 (52%) were males and 1,871 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 625. The total number of literate persons in Masaldaha was 2,300 (70.47% of the population over 6 years).

Education
Masaldaha Ganpat Rai High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1954. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,000 books, and 15 computers for teaching and learning.

Healthcare
Masaldabazar Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the main government medical facility in Harishchandrapur II CD block.