Balurghat (Bengali: বালুরঘাট) is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili (Bangladesh border lies few kilometers from the heart of the city.
Geography
Balurghat is located at 25°13′N 88°46′E / 25.22°N 88.77°E / 25.22; 88.77. It has an average elevation of 25 metres (82 feet). Atreyee River runs across the city.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census, 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
- Raghunathpur B.M. High school
- Kabitirtha High School
- Prachya Bharati High School
- Namabangi High School
Colleges
- Balurghat College
- Balurghat Womens' College
- Balurghat B.Ed. College
- Balurghat Law College
- Balurghat ITI College
- Techno Global-Balurghat, WBUT
Economics
Balurghat is a distribution centre in northern West Bengal. The main goods traded here include rice, sugar cane, and oilseeds. Also some amount of jute is grown in the outskirts of the town.
Transportation
Already well-connected by road to Malda, Siliguri, Kolkata, Raiganj and other premier cities in North Bengal, Balurghat now sports a railway terminus as well located on the western bank of River Atrai. 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. The railway line to Balurghat commences at Eklakhi Junction Station in Maldah district,is now connected to kolkata via Gour Exp. The distance between Eklakhi and Balurghat is about 79 km and it crosses two rivers en route - Tangon and Punarbhaba.
Festival
Durga Puja & Kali Puja are widely celebrated at Balurghat
Uttamasha Club, Balurghat Puja 2010.
See also
- Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Dakshin Dinajpur
- West Bengal
Medical
- Balurghat District Hospital
- S.C. Bose Diagnostics, Rathtala, Chakbhabani (Fully automated Diagnostic Center)
- Prayas Atreyee eye Clinic
- Matri sadan, Chakbhabani, Near Soumya's House
- Basanti Seba Kendra
- Majumder Nursing Home
Two wheelers Showroom
- SHIVAM TVS
- Balurghat Auto Craft
- Mandal Motors, Hero Honda showroom
Computer Center
- Tirupati Computer, Bus Stand Mini Market, Balurghat Contact : 9932738715, 03522-256569
- Computer Care, Biswaspara More, Balurghat Contact : 9434106284, 03522-259297
- Manipal Institute of Computer Education
- Bharti Institute of Information and Technology
- Lakhotia Computer Centre, LCC
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