a town of Hindustan, in the lieutenant-governorship of Bengal, situate on a river which communicates with the Ganges. The manufactures which were formerly carried on in this town have disappeared before the superior cheapness of those brought from the United Kingdom, and the place has in consequence greatly deteriorated. The district to which this place gives its name is bounded on the N. by Purnahe, on the E. by Dinajpore, on the S. by Rajeshahive, and on the W. by Moorsshedabad. It has an area of 1000 square miles, and a population of upwards of 400,000. The town of Malda is in E. Long. 88° 11', N. Lat. 25° 3'.