Balagarh is an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision , is a subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of two municipalities and five community development blocs: Balagarh, Chinsurah–Mogra, Dhaniakhali, Pandua and Polba–Dadpur. The five blocks contain 69 gram panchayats and...

 of Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Balagarh police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Patuligram. Badhagachhi

Badhagachhi

Badhagachhi is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision.-Geography:Badhagachhi is located at -Demographics:...

 is an urban area under this block.

Geography

Balagarh is located at 23.109444°N 88.460278°E.

Balagarh community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 has an area of 204.34  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Balagarh block/ panchayat samiti are: Bakulia-Dhobapara, Charkrishnabati, Dumrdaha-Nityanandapur I, Dumurdaha-Nityanandapur II, Ektarpur, Guptipara I

Guptipara

Guptipara is a rural town under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly District in West Bengal, India.Guptipara is under the Pandooah Telephone District Area and the STD Code is 03213.-Geography:Guptipara is located at...

, Guptipara II, Jirat, Mohipalpur, Siza-Kamalpur, Somra I, Somra II and Sripur-Balagarh.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Balagarh block had a total population of 214,710, out of which 110,121 were males and 104,589 were females. Balagarh block registered a population growth of 15.40 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Hooghly district was 15.72 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Literacy

As per the 2001 census, Tarakeswar block had a total literacy of 50.07 per cent. While male literacy was 68.38 per cent, female literacy was 49.98 per cent.

Economy

Balagarh was selected the site for power station by Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation but the project was shelved. According to C.E.S.C.Web Journal of 16th April,2010 it will be revived by them. Balagarh's economy specially depends on building of country boats and manufacture of tiles which is famous all over India.

Library

In Balagarh there is a 103 years's old public library named as Saraswati Pathagar.
There is another big library in Sripur Bazar Area which have wide collection of books according to the need

Music

Balagarh Dishari Cultural Associtation is carrying forward the musical tradition for more than 50 years.

Jirat

It is a Village under Balagarh Block, the main administrative center of the block. The BDO, the Block Hospital are in Jirat Hasimpur Area.

Guptipara

Guptipara

Guptipara

Guptipara is a rural town under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly District in West Bengal, India.Guptipara is under the Pandooah Telephone District Area and the STD Code is 03213.-Geography:Guptipara is located at...

 is a village under Balagarh police station.

The first publicly organised Jagadhatri Puja

Jagaddhatri

In Hinduism, Jagaddhatri or Jagadhatri is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. Her worship is more common in West Bengal than the other parts of India...

 was held at Guptipara, when some men were stopped from taking part in a household Jagadhatri puja. Twelve of them formed a committee and organised a barowari

Barowari

Barowari refers to the public organisation of a religious or other festival, mainly in West Bengal. This is extensively used for Durga Puja. The word "Barowari" came from the words "baro", which means 12, and "yari". Much earlier in 1790, 12 Brahmin friends in Guptipara, Hooghly, had decided to...

(baro means twelve and yar means friend) puja (worshipping). There is a difference of opinion about the year of worship – 1761 or 1790.

There are some old temples in the village - Brindabanchandra Temple, Chaitanyadev Temple, Krishna Chandra Temple and Ramachandra Temple.a