Settlement Type: | Populated place |
Subdivision Type3: | Division |
Leader Name2: | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
Sujapur | |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type4: | Railway Station |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3#Asia |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Name2: | Malda |
Subdivision Name3: | Malda |
Subdivision Name4: | Malda Town railway station, Jamirghata Station |
Subdivision Type5: | No. of Wards |
Leader Title2: | M.P |
Government Type: | Block |
Governing Body: | Kaliachak I |
Leader Title1: | MLA |
Leader Name1: | Md. Abdul Ghani |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Elevation M: | 17 |
Population Total: | 93266 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | IST |
Demographics1 Info2: | English |
Population Demonym: | Maldabasi |
Demographics Type1: | Languages (For language and religion details see Kaliachak I#Language and religion) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali |
Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
Area Footnotes: | 8 km2(Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 12 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 732206 |
Area Code: | 91-3512-2xxxxx |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | WB-65/WB-66 |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Maldaha Dakshin |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Sujapur |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Ganga River |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | River |
Sujapur is a populated place not identified in the 2011 Indian census as a separate place, in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] It has the highest concentration of Muslims of any municipality or populated place in the Malda district. It is under the jurisdiction of Kaliachak I block.
It will be part of the upcoming Nai Mouza municipal area within the Malda district, which will also include the villages of Boro Sujapur CT, Gayeshbari CT, Mosimpur CT, Bamangram CT, Bhakharpur CT, Chama gram/Nazirpur CT, Chhoto Sujapur CT, and Chaspara CT. The government has announced that it intends to establish a police station in the area in the near future.
Sujapur is located at Malda district, West Bengal. It has an average elevation of 17 metres (56 feet). It is on the western bank of the river river Bhagirathi (old). As in much of Bengal, the weather is usually extremely humid and tropical. Temperatures can reach as high as 46 °C during the day in May and June and fall as low as 4 °C overnight in December and January.
This area was settled in the time of ShahJahan by Said Rai, a north Indian Kayastha.Sujapur is located in the boarder area of India and Bangladesh.