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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baliagora is a village in Jaipur mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 817 in 170 households. It has a literacy rate of 48.2% and is situated at coordinates 23.391°N, 86.153°E under PIN 723201.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHAJAHARI MAHATO
Contact: 99****1342
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- LGD code
- 329878
- Pincode
- 723201
- Post office
- Garjaipur
- Population
- 817
- Households
- 170
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Sex ratio
- 857 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 541
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 244 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1041 km
- Nearest railway station
- Garh Jaipur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arsha Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baliagora compares
By population, Baliagora ranks #63 of 112 villages in Jaipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.2%
+0.1% vs mandal average
- Baliagora
- 48.2%
- Jaipur mandal
- 48.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
857
−77 vs mandal average
- Baliagora
- 857
- Jaipur mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Baliagora
- 4.8
- Jaipur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baliagora at a glance
Baliagora is a village of 817 people in 170 households (Census 2011) in Jaipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 63rd-largest of 112 villages in Jaipur block. Literacy is 48%, about the same as the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Purulia district centre, 14 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 3 km from Garh Jaipur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723201, served by Garjaipur post office; the LGD village code is 329878. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arsha Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is BHAJAHARI MAHATO. The population is estimated at 914 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baliagora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 76.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baliagora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baliagora
- LGD code
- 329878
- Pincode
- 723201
- Post office
- Garjaipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 817
- Population (projected 2026)
- 914
- Households
- 170
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 857
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.39100°N, 86.15313°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHAJAHARI MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Jaipur
Getting there
How to reach Baliagora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata244 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1041 km
- Delhi1065 km
- Chennai1303 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGarh Jaipur3 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand22 km
- Hospital / PHCArsha Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM30 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump22 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University19 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station47 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)