Baligeria

Baligeria is a village in Nayagram CD Block in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Baligeria
Village
Baligeria
Location in West Bengal, India
Baligeria
Baligeria (India)
Coordinates: 21°59′02.8″N 87°06′40.2″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 • Total444
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721125 (Baligeria)
Telephone/STD code03229
Lok Sabha constituencyJhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituencyNayagram
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Baligeria had a total population of 444 of which 233 (52%) were males and 211 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 41. The total number of literates in Baligeria was 265 (59.68% of the population over 6 years).[1]

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Nayagram CD Block are located at Baligeria. [2]

Transport

Baligeria is on the road from Nayagram to Kum sol, near the West Bengal-Odisha border.[3]

Education

Nayagram Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government College was established in 2014 at Baligeria. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science and sociology. The college is named after the great scholar Pandit Raghunath Murmu (1905–1982) who developed the Ol Chiki alphabet of Santali language.[4]

References
  1. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. "District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur" (PDF). Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. Google maps
  4. "Nayagram PRM Government College". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 October 2016.


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