Lead story
16
September 2026
newsSTATE
Debagada Police Seize 332 kg Ganja from Abandoned West Bengal Truck
Reported by Pragativadi.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baliguni is a village in Nanoor mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 4,039 across 853 households and a literacy rate of 55.1%. Located at 23.679°N, 87.885°E, it has postal code 731301.
PM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRAHALLAD MAJHI
Contact: 98****5282
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Baliguni can update it.
- LGD code
- 317698
- Pincode
- 731301
- Post office
- Ch.Nanoor
- Population
- 4,039
- Households
- 853
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,274
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 132 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1198 km
- Nearest railway station
- Daskalgram · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nanoor RH · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baliguni compares
By population, Baliguni ranks #8 of 136 villages in Nanoor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Baliguni
- 55.1%
- Nanoor mandal
- 60.7%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
−8 vs mandal average
- Baliguni
- 941
- Nanoor mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Baliguni
- 4.7
- Nanoor mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baliguni at a glance
Baliguni is a village of 4,039 people in 853 households (Census 2011) in Nanoor block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 8th-largest of 136 villages in Nanoor block. Literacy is 55%, 6 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Birbhum district centre, 7 km from Madda, the nearest town, 9 km from Daskalgram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731301, served by Ch.Nanoor post office; the LGD village code is 317698. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nanoor RH, 4 km away. The sarpanch is PRAHALLAD MAJHI, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 4,518 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Uchkaran →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 5/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the village
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baliguni
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 324.19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 230
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baliguni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baliguni
- LGD code
- 317698
- Pincode
- 731301
- Post office
- Ch.Nanoor
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,039
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,518
- Households
- 853
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.67904°N, 87.88530°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nanoor
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bidhan Chandra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRAHALLAD MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Nanoor
Getting there
How to reach Baliguni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata132 kmcapital
- Delhi1198 km
- Hyderabad1203 km
- Chennai1425 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDaskalgram9 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCNanoor RH4 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil23 km
- CollegeBolpur College20 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station26 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Baliguni
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731301
Villages near Baliguni
Other villages in Nanoor mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)