Baligeria | |
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Village | |
  Baligeria Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Baligeria Baligeria (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:21°59′02.8″N87°06′40.2″E / 21.984111°N 87.111167°E /21.984111; 87.111167 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 444 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,Santali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721125 (Baligeria) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03229 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Nayagram |
| Website | jhargram |
Baligeria is a village in theNayagramCD block in theJhargram subdivision of theJhargram district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Baligeria is located at21°59′02.8″N87°06′40.2″E / 21.984111°N 87.111167°E /21.984111; 87.111167.
Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in theDistrict Human Development Report, 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by the sand hills.”[1] 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged toscheduled castes and 29.37% belonged toscheduled tribes.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the2011 Census of India, Baligeria had a total population of 444 of which 233 (52%) were males and 211 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 41. The total number of literate persons in Baligeria was 265 (59.68% of the population over 6 years).[3]
The headquarters of Nayagram CD block are located at Baligeria.[4]
Baligeria is on the road from Nayagram to Kum sol, near the West Bengal-Odisha border.[5]
Nayagram Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government College was established in 2014 at Baligeria. It is affiliated withVidyasagar University. It offers courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science and sociology. The college is named after the great scholarPandit Raghunath Murmu (1905–1982) who developed theOl Chiki alphabet ofSantali language.[6]
There is aprimary health centre at Baligeria, with 6 beds.[7]
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