Baligeria

Baligeria is a village in the Nayagram CD block in the Jhargram subdivision of the Jhargram district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Baligeria is located at 21.98411°N, 87.11117°W.

Area overview
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 the District 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.” 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged to scheduled castes and 29.37% belonged to scheduled tribes.

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.

Demographics
According to the 2011 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).

CD block HQ
The headquarters of Nayagram CD block are located at Baligeria.

Transport
Baligeria is on the road from Nayagram to Kum sol, near the West Bengal-Odisha border.

Education
Nayagram Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government College was established in 2014 at Baligeria. It is affiliated with Vidyasagar University. It offers courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science and sociology. The college is named after the great scholar Pandit Raghunath Murmu (1905–1982) who developed the Ol Chiki alphabet of Santali language.

Healthcare
There is a primary health centre at Baligeria, with 6 beds.