Balurghat
Balurghat
Balurghat | |
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| Location of Balurghat | |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Ms. Sucheta Biswas |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 143,095 |
Balurghat (বালুরঘাট) is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India.
Geography
Balurghat is located at 25°13′N 88°46′E / 25.22°N 88.77°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 25 metres (82 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Balurghat had a population of 135,516. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Balurghat has an average literacy rate of 88.8%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 82.5% of the males and 75.7% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
Schools
- Balurghat High School.
- Balurghat Lalit Mohan Adarsha Ucchavidyalay
- Balurghat Girls High School.
- Balurghat NC High School.
- Atreyee DAV Public School, CBSE.
- Balurghat Khadimpur High School
- Balurghat Khadimpur Girls High School
- Balurghat Khidirpur High School
- Balurghat R.C.D.Girls High School
- Balurghat G.L.P.High School
- Balurghat J.L.P.Vidyachakra
- Balurghat Ashutosh Balika Vidyalaya
- Balurghat Taran Chandra High School
- Balurghat Nalanda Vidyapith
- Balurghat B.M.High School
- Balurghat NC Grils High School
- Balurghat Techno India Group Public School
- Balurghat Central School
Colleges
- Balurghat College
- Balurghat Womens' College
- Balurghat Atreyee B.Ed. College
- Balurghat Law College
- Balurghat ITI College
Economics
Balurghat is a distribution centre in northern West Bengal. The main goods traded here include rice, sugar cane, and oilseeds.[3] Also some amount of jute is grown in the outskirts of the town.
Transportation
Already well-connected by road to Maldah, Siliguri, Kolkata, Raiganj and other premier cities in North Bengal, Balurghat now sports a railway terminus as well - a cosy building located on the western bank of River Atrai (Alt. Atreyee). The town of Balurghat is on the eastern shore, so one has to take a cyclerickshaw or an autorickshaw(motorised three wheeler) to the town. A bridge connects these two shores of Atrai. The railway line to Balurghat commences at Eklakhi Junction Station in Maldah district. The distance between Eklakhi and Balurghat is about 79 km. The scenery around the railway track is breathtaking. It crosses two rivers en route - Tangon and Punarbhaba.
Politics
Current MLA from Balurghat assembly constituency is Biswanath Choudhury of RSP, who won the seat in State elections of 2006 and also earlier in 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.[4]
As per orders of Delimitation Commission, Balurghat (assembly constituency no. 39) is composed of Hilli community development block, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block and Balurghat (M).[5]
Balurghat assembly constituency is part of Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]
See also
References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Balurghat
- ^ Template:GR
- ^ Balurghat, from Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ "State Elections 2006 - Partywise Comparision for 38-Balurghat Constituency of West Bengal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table A - Assembly Constituencies and their Extent, District Dakshin Dinajpur. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
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