Maslandapur (also spelt as Machlandapur) is a census town

Census town

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 under Habra

Habra

Habra is a city, a municipality and a police station of Barasat sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an administrative subdivision. Habra is situated on the Jessore Road between Kolkata and the Bangladesh border at Petrapole...

 police station of Barasat

Barasat

Barasat is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction...

  sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

 in the India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. It is 54 km from Sealdah Station on the Sealdah-Bangaon

Bangaon

Bongaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Bongaon is headquarters of Bongaon subdivision.- Geography :...

 branch line of Eastern Railway

Eastern Railway (India)

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. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway

Kolkata Suburban Railway

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 system.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Maslandapur had a population of 9507. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Maslandapur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 72%. In Maslandapur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. The rail spelling is MACHHALANDAPUR.
There is one famous school named Rajballavpur High School.

Schools

Rajballavpur high schools is the best school in and around maslandapur.
The school is around 1 KM from maslandapur rail way station. You can reach by 3wheels van,auto,or public bus.

Banks

1>SBI - State bank of india (Walking distance from rail way station)
2>UCO - UCO bank is just opposite to the SBI.

Market

1>Fish market:Maslandapur is having a well known fish market, in the morning around 4:30am people get fish from different places to sale in bulk.
2>Flower marked
3>Milk market
4>Raw paneer(ছানা)

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination

Arsenic contamination of groundwater

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a natural occurring high concentration of arsenic in deeper levels of groundwater, which became a high-profile problem in recent years due to the use of deep tubewells for water supply in the Ganges Delta, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of...

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