Balurghat
Balurghat is a town in Dinajpur Dakshin district of West Bengal and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Subdivision and Panchayat Samiti of Dinajpur Dakshin district.
As on November 2024, the current population of Balurghat is 1.68 lakhs out of which 84 thousands are males and rest 83.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 998 females per 1000 males. There are around 10.8 thousands teenagers in Balurghat. It has literacy rate of 85% which means around 1.42 lakhs persons can read and write. Total 17.2 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 3.3 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 41.5 thousands households in Balurghat, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 63.6 thousands.
Schools
Balurghat has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Atreyee D.A.V Public School
- Patiram High School
- Patiram Vibekananda G.H.School
- Nadipar N.C. High School
- Barakoil High School
Balurghat Panchayat Samiti
Kalpana Kisku is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Balurghat, who can be contacted at email address bdo.balurghat@gmail.com and mobile number 74774xxx70. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Anuj Sikder, who can be reached at email address miscell.balurghat@gmail.com and mobile number 97340xxx17. The Block address is Balurghat Panchayat Samity, Raghunathpur, Pincode - 733103. You can reach there by taking a bus till Balurghat bus stop which is around 2 km away. The Block has internet facility.There are five computers available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Balurghat Panchayat Samiti consists of total 11 Gram Panchayat.