Bhalagara is a revenue village in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal. It had a population of 1,746 in 326 households (Census 2011).
Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal.
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Bhalagara is a village in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal. At the 2011 Census it had 1,746 people in 326 households, with a literacy rate of 69.5%. It is administered by the Udaypur-Joynagar gram panchayat. Its postal pincode is 723155.
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Bhalagara is in the Udaypur-Joynagar gram panchayat.
Source: Local Government Directory (LGD), 2026-10-21.
By population, Bhalagara ranks #35 of 118 inhabited villages in Para block.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district totals of inhabited villages). Literacy = literates ÷ people aged 7+.
Census 2011 Village Directory — conditions may have changed since.
Bhalagara is a village of 1,746 people in 326 households (Census 2011) in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 35th of 118 inhabited villages in Para block by population. Literacy is 69.5%, 4.3 points above the block figure of 65.2%, and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723155; the LGD village code is 330052. The population is estimated at about 1,920 in 2026 (+10.1% since 2011; scaled from Census 2011 by the state's official RGI projection, not a census count).
Gram panchayat: Udaypur-Joynagar →
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here as announcements.
Estimate for 2026 (scaled from Census 2011 by the state's official RGI projection; not a census count)
Method: the Census 2011 count × West Bengal's projected population growth from 2011 to 2026 (+10.1%), from the official projections of the Technical Group on Population Projections (National Commission on Population, MoHFW, with the Registrar General of India), Table 21. The report projects no households, so households use the same ratio. Rounded; a single village can differ widely from its state's average. The next Census will replace these figures.
Population Projections for India and States 2011–2036 (nhm.gov.in, PDF) · Table 21 · checked on 2026-10-26
Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Census 2011 Primary Census Abstract.
District factsheet values published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the International Institute for Population Sciences. Survey estimates for the whole district, not a census.
These are district-level figures for Purulia district, not figures for Bhalagara.
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
These are district-level figures for Purulia district, not figures for Bhalagara.
29,177 of 5,55,674 rural households have a tap connection
Method: Sum of 4,399 habitation rows in 20 block resources published on data.gov.in by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (households; households with a tap connection).
Source: Households with Piped Water Supply (PWS) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), per-block resources · retrieved 29 Oct 2026
household toilets built, 5,03,339 households listed · coverage 100.0%
Source: District-wise Coverage of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) as on date · retrieved 29 Oct 2026
PMAY-G (rural houses) is not shown: the ministry publishes no district-wise bulk dataset.
The pin is an approximate location, within about 15 km, from the mapped villages of its mandal — not the exact site of Bhalagara. Exact coordinates come from OpenStreetMap once the village is mapped there.
Bhalagara · 23.4324° N, 86.5774° E
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Recruitment notices from official commissions. Dates and numbers are taken from the notice itself.
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Bhalagara isn't on our map yet, so we can't measure distances. These places are in Para block, placed there by the nearest mapped village.
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Post office
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Post office
Post office
Post office
Clinic
Para
Hospital
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Hospital
Para
Hospital
Chapari
Petrol pump
Railway station
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Bhalagara is a village in Para block of Purulia district, West Bengal, India.
Bhalagara is in Purulia district of West Bengal.
Bhalagara comes under the Udaypur-Joynagar gram panchayat.
The pincode of Bhalagara, Para, Purulia is 723155.
As per the 2011 Census, Bhalagara had a population of 1,746 (859 males and 887 females).
Bhalagara had 326 households at the 2011 Census.
Bhalagara covers about 110 hectares.
The literacy rate of Bhalagara was 69.5% at the 2011 Census (share of people aged 7 and above who are literate).
Bhalagara had 1,033 females per 1,000 males at the 2011 Census.
Bhalagara is in the Purulia Lok Sabha constituency.
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato (Bharatiya Janata Party) won the Purulia Lok Sabha seat, which includes Bhalagara, in 2024.
Bhalagara is in the Para assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency.
Nadiar Chand Bouri (Bharatiya Janata Party) won the Para assembly seat, which includes Bhalagara, in 2026.
Bhalagara is in the Para development block (Local Government Directory).
The Local Government Directory (LGD) code of Bhalagara is 330052 and its Census 2011 village code is 330052.
Villages near Bhalagara include Anara (within ~15 km), Ladhurka (within ~15 km), Para (within ~15 km), Hurra (about 17 km), Hura (about 17 km).
No census has been taken since 2011. Scaling Bhalagara's Census 2011 population of 1,746 by West Bengal's official RGI projection (+10.1% from 2011 to 2026) gives an estimate of about 1,920 people in 2026. This is an estimate, not a census count; the next Census will replace it.
The sarpanch of Bhalagara has not yet been verified on VoiceOfVillage. We publish a sarpanch's name only after they verify with an election certificate; until then the elected sarpanch is listed on the eGramSwaraj portal, by the State Election Commission and at the panchayat or block office.
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Pacific Ocean status (NOAA, 8 Oct 2026): El Niño Advisory
There is no El Niño forecast for individual villages. El Niño is a pattern in the Pacific Ocean; how much it changes rainfall here also depends on other conditions, and it does not mean drought everywhere.
Local rainfall estimates are not available yet.
Long-term district average for October: 91.5 mm (IMD normal, 1951–2000)
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District climate page →Latest reports from markets in Purulia district, within the last 14 days.
Latest reports up to 29 Oct 2026. Prices in ₹ per quintal.
| Commodity | Market | Min | Max | Modal | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhindi(Ladies Finger) | Balarampur APMC | 4,000 | 5,000 | 4,500 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Brinjal | Purulia APMC | 3,000 | 3,800 | 3,500 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Masur Dal · Masur Dal | Balarampur APMC | 8,900 | 11,000 | 9,800 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Masur Dal · Masur Dal | Purulia APMC | 8,900 | 10,200 | 9,800 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Mustard Oil · Mustard Oil | Purulia APMC | 18,900 | 19,500 | 19,200 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Mustard Oil | Balarampur APMC | 19,200 | 19,800 | 19,600 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Onion | Balarampur APMC | 4,200 | 5,200 | 4,800 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Onion | Purulia APMC | 4,000 | 5,200 | 4,800 | 29 Oct 2026 |
Source: AGMARKNET, Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, via data.gov.in (Government Open Data Licence – India). All markets →
These are wholesale mandi (APMC) prices in ₹ per quintal as reported to AGMARKNET — not the retail price in Bhalagara's shops. Best mandi price near Bhalagara →
Distances are approximate (the mapped villages of its mandal).
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Income support of ₹6,000 a year, paid in three equal instalments, to land-holding farmer families.
At least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment a year for rural households whose adults volunteer for unskilled manual work.
Assistance to build a house for eligible rural households.
Health cover for hospital treatment for eligible families.
Subsidised food grains through the public distribution system for eligible households.
Old-age pension for BPL persons aged 60 and above: ₹200 a month up to age 79 and ₹500 after; widow and disability pensions too.
Assured pension of ₹3,000 a month at age 60 for unorganised workers who join and contribute.
Atal Pension Yojana and low-cost life and accident insurance schemes, opened through your bank.
Loans up to ₹10 lakh for non-farm small and micro enterprises (₹20 lakh after repaying an earlier Tarun loan).
Bank loans between ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore for SC/ST and women entrepreneurs setting up a new enterprise.
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