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Balagarh (Bengali: বলাগড়) is a town, a police station and a community development block in Chinsurah subdivision.[1] of Hooghly District in West Bengal, India.
Demographics
Balagarh community development block had a population of 127,466 in 2001. Out of this 72,451 were males and 55,015 were females.[2]
Economy
Balagarh was selected the site for power station by Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation but the project was shelved. But According To C.E.S.C.Web Journal Of 16th April,2010 It Will Be Rvived By Them.------DATA INCLUDED BY AMRIT
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Culture
Balagarh Dishari Cultural Associtation Is Carryingout A Tradition Of Indian Vocal Music, Diance,Seasonal Festival, Etc Under Supervision Of Mr. Tapan Pal By The Help Of Local Cultured People From Last 50 Years.
In Balagarh There Is A 100 Years Old Libeary Which Is Namely As "CHANDRA SARASWATI PATHAGAR". It Was Founded In 1906. Nowadays RAJA RAM MOHAN MEMORIAL TRUST Decided To Give - Financial Help To This 104 Years Old Libeary. Ajay Nag,Bimalendu Konar,Sunil Biswas,Biseanath Chatterjee,Priyolal Musthafi - Heeralal Banerjee,Ava Rani Bose Their Restless Hard Work For This Libeary Is Realy Remembarable.--203.99.212.54 (talk) 21:42, 26 April 2010 (UTC)AMRIT BOSE 03:05AM
Guptipara
Guptipara is a village under Balagarh police station. The first publicly organised Durga Puja was held at Guptipara, when some men were stopped from taking part in a household Durga Puja. Twelve of them formed a committee and organised a barowari (baro means twelve and yar means friend) puja (worshipping). There is a difference of opinion about the year of worship – 1761 or 1790.[4][5]
There are some old temples in the village - Brindabanchandra Temple, Chaitanyadev Temple, Krishna Chandra Temple and Ramachandra Temple.[6]a
Politics
The Balagarh seat fell vacant because of the death of the sitting MLA, Dibakanta Routh. In 2007 by-elections, Bhuban Pramanick of CPI(M) polled 60,101 votes to win the seat. Ashim Majhi of Trinamool Congress secured 51,691 votes. Bangshi Raut of the BJP got 8,833 votes leaving Congress nominee Biswanath Malik in the fourth place with 5,864 votes. Gautam Mandal of the CPI(ML) managed 4530 votes.[7]
Dibakanta Routh of CPI (M) won the Balagarh (SC) assembly seat in 2006, 2001 and 1996, defeating his nearest rivals, Asim Patra of AITC, Lakshmi Parui of AITC and Biswanath Malik of INC, in the respective years. Abinash Pramanik of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating his nearest rivals Biswanath Malik, Gopal Krishna Dhar, Nilmoni Mandal and Gauranga Halder, all of INC, in the respective years.[8]
Balagarh assembly constituency is part of Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[9]
References
- ^ District-wise list of statutory towns
- ^ Hooghly District Administration
- ^ The Hindu Business Line 22 April 2004
- ^ Calcutta Web
- ^ Festivals – Durga Puja
- ^ India 9. com
- ^ "CPI(M) retains Balagarh assembly seat". The Hindu News Update Service, 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ Election Commission Assembly election results 1977-2006. Click on Party-wise Performance of Political Parties for details.
- ^ "General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
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