Mundumala

Mundumala is a town and municipality in western Tanore Upazila of Rajshahi District, in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The municipality is bounded by Badhar Union to the north and northeast, Kolma Union to the east, Pakri to the south and Amnura to the west, and it has no rivers although a large canal flows into it. Its economy rests on the usual crops of Bangladesh such as rice, potatoes and lentils, and the area is especially suited to watermelons, sugarcane, mangoes and jackfruit; paddy is the main product, and since 1995 farmers have cultivated three times a season instead of once. Mundumala is regarded as an education centre of Tanore, with a Kamil madrasah, a government high school, a girls school and several colleges, and it is divided into nine wards.