Balgona

Village in West Bengal, India

Balgona

Village

Balgona

Location in West Bengal, India

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Balgona

Balgona (India)

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Coordinates: 23°26′50″N 87°56′16″E﻿ / ﻿23.447111°N 87.937889°E﻿ / 23.447111; 87.937889
Country|  India
State| West Bengal
District| Purba Bardhaman
Population

(2011)

• Total| 7,203
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.

## Demographics[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

### Nangteswar Shiva temple at Babladihi[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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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Cities, towns and locations in Purba Bardhaman district, Burdwan division

Cities, municipal
and census towns|

| Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision|

* Bahir Sarbamangala
* Bardhaman
* Bud Bud
* Gangpur
* Goda
* Guskara
* Mirzapur
* Nari
* Raipur
* Sukdal

|

Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision|

* Alipur
* Memari
* Seharabazar

Kalna subdivision|

* Dhatrigram
* Gopinathpur
* Hatsimla
* Jaluidanga
* Kalna
* Nasratpur
* Piarinagar
* Srirampur
* Shashpur
* Uttar Goara

Katwa subdivision|

* Dainhat
* Katwa
* Panuhat

Divisions of West Bengal

Locations
other than cities and towns|

| Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision|

* Adrahati
* Amrargar
* Ausgram
* Balgona
* Bamshore
* Bamunara
* Barshul
* Bharatpur
* Bhatar
* Bononabagram
* Channa
* Dwariapur
* Galsi
* Hatgobindapur
* Jamtara
* Kasba
* Kamnara
* Kandorsona
* Kurmun
* Mankar
* Palitpur
* Panchkula
* Palsit
* Pursha
* Randiha
* Saktigarh

|

Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision|

* Badulia
* Debipur
* Gotan
* Jamalpur
* Kamargoria
* Khandaghosh
* Kumirkola
* Madhabdihi
* Maheshbati
* Masagram
* Muidhara
* Nabagram
* Pahalanpur
* Paharhati
* Raina
* Rasulpur
* Sagrai
* Sankari
* Shyamsundar
* Uchalan
* Ukhrid

Kalna subdivision|

* Atgharia
* Badla
* Baidyapur
* Hasanhati
* Kaigram
* Kusumgram
* Majida
* Monteswar
* Nadanghat
* Parulia
* Patuli
* Purbasthali
* Putsuri
* Rangapara
* Routhgram
* Samudragarh
* Singarkone
* Udaypur

Katwa subdivision|

* Bankapasi
* Chandrapur
* Gangatikuri
* Gonna Serandi
* Jajigram
* Jhamatpur
* Kandra
* Karui
* Ketugram
* Kogram
* Kshirgram
* Kuara
* Majigram
* Mongalkote
* Nutanhat
* Singot
* Sribati
* Srikhanda
* Uddharanpur

Related topics|

* Purba Bardhaman topics
* People from Purba Bardhaman district
* Villages in Purba Bardhaman district

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