Ratua is a town in the Ratua I CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. Ratua is located at 25°12′00″N 87°55′39″E / 25.2001°N 87.9274°E. 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 and un…Ratua is a town in the Ratua I CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. Ratua is located at 25°12′00″N 87°55′39″E / 25.2001°N 87.9274°E. 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 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.
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