Balgona

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Balgona
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Balgona
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Balgona
Balgona (India)
Coordinates: 23°26′50″N87°56′16″E / 23.447111°N 87.937889°E / 23.447111; 87.937889 Coordinates: 23°26′50″N87°56′16″E / 23.447111°N 87.937889°E / 23.447111; 87.937889
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,203
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Bardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bhatar
Website purbabardhaman.gov.in

Balgona (also spelled Balgana) is a village in Bhatar CD block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Balgana had a total population of 7,203, of which 3,717 (52%) were males and 3,486 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 832. The total number of literates in Balgana was 4,505 (70.71% of the population over 6 years). [1]

Transport

Balgona railway station is situated on the Bardhaman-Balgona sector. EMU trains are being operated on this section from 2012. [2] Burdwan Katwa Railway was undergoing gauge conversion from 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in). The Bardhaman-Katwa line, after conversion from narrow gauge to electrified broad gauge, was opened to the public on 12 January 2018. [3]

State Highway 14 running from Dubrajpur (in Birbhum district) to Betai (in Nadia district) passes near Balgona. [4]

Education

Susundighi HP High School at PO Nityanandapur, near Balgona railway station, was established in 1898. It is a Bengali-medium coeducational school with facilities for teaching from class V to XII. [5]

Culture

Nangteswar Shiva temple at Babladihi

A 3 feet tall black stone idol of Mahavira Tirthankara is worshipped as Nangteswar Shiva at Babladihi nearby. A big fair is organised during Maha Shivaratri. [6]

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Balgona. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "35013 Barddhaman Balgona EMU Local". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Baro rail Katwae, jamlo bhidr (Big railway in Katwa, crowd gathers)". Bengali. Ananda Bazar Patrika, 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Susundighi HP High School". School Square. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), (in Bengali), Vol II, page 857, Radical Impression. ISBN   81-85459-36-3
  7. ↑ "Bardhaman district". Medical Institutions. Bardhaman district administration. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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