Baligeria

Baligeria is a village in Nayagram CD Block in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.DemographicsAs per 2011 Census of India Baligeria had a total population of 444 of which 233 (52%) were males and 211 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 41. The total number of literates in Baligeria was 265 (59.68% of the population over 6 years).CD Block HQThe headquarters of Nayagram CD Block are located at Baligeria.TransportBaligeria is on the road from Nayagram to Kum sol, near the West Bengal-Odisha border.EducationNayagram Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government College was established in 2014 at Baligeria. It is affiliated to 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.