Garbalia

Garbalia is a rural area located in Howrah district of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the Jagatballavpur block in the Howrah Sadar subdivision in the north-eastern part of Howrah. Garbalia is 30 km from the state's capital, Kolkata. Garbalia along with its 11 other neighbouring villages - Ichhapur, Tripurapur, Kumarpur, North Sealdanga, South Sealdanga, Jamunabalia, Badebalia, Ranmahal, Nimabalia, Nijbalia and Pratappur are together called greater Balia Pargana.[1]

Garbalia
Rural Area
Garbalia Rakhal Chandra Manna Institution's playground, with Garbalia Rakhal Chandra Manna Institution in the background
Garbalia Rakhal Chandra Manna Institution's playground, with Garbalia Rakhal Chandra Manna Institution in the background
Garbalia is located in West Bengal
Garbalia
Garbalia
Location in West Bengal, India
Garbalia is located in India
Garbalia
Garbalia
Garbalia (India)
Coordinates: 22.632568°N 88.113055°E / 22.632568; 88.113055
Country India
StatesWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
711410
Telephone Code913214
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB
Vehicle registrationWB-xx xxx
Literacy Rate83.85%
Lok Sabha constituencySreerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJagatballavpur
Websitehowrah.gov.in

Garbalia is located at 22.632568°N 88.113055°E / 22.632568; 88.113055. The PIN code of Garbalia is 711410.[2]

Transport

Garbalia is connected with Grand Trunk Road by Howrah-Amta Road and it is also connected with Kona Expressway (Mumbai-Kolkata Highway) by Pantihal-Dhulagarh Road. Garbalia is connected with South-Eastern Railway by Howrah-Amta Local Railway.

Train

Howrah-Amta Local (From Pantihal, Munsirhat or Bargachia Station). Garbalia is approximately 3.1 km away from Pantihal railway station, 4.0 km away from Munsirhat railway station and 7.0 km away from Bargachia railway station.

Munsirhat-Sankrail trekker route and numerous others transportation systems are also available in Garbalia.

Education

Garbalia Rakhal Chandra Manna Institution (founded in 1937) is the only higher secondary School in Balia Pargana and second oldest secondary and oldest higher secondary school in Jagatballavpur Block.[3] There is also a secondary girls' school in Balia Pargana-Garbalia Girls' High School. Both schools are located at Ichapur. There are also numerous Primary Schools in Balia Pargana. The nearest college is Sovarani Memorial College which is located at Jagatballavpur.[4]

Healthcare facilities

The nearest primary block level hospital is located at Jagatballavpur. Numerous other rural health centers and medicine stores are also present in Balia Pargana.[5]

Post offices

Balia Pargana consists of three post offices, which are Garbalia, Nijbalia and Sealdanga. Among them the Nizbalia post office belongs to Pantihal Panchayat and the rests belong to Sealdanga Panchayat.[6]

Festivals

Garbalia or Balia Pargana is famous for "Kalipuja" or Diwali festival. "Durgapuja", "Swaraswatipuja", "Christmas", "Eid", "Holi" are also quiet popular in Balia Pargana. Both Bengali new year or Pahela Baishakh and New Year's Eve are celebrated in Balia Pargana. National holidays like Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti and birthdays of famous national heroes are also celebrated in Balia Pargana. Various other local festivals and fairs also take places in Balia Pargana which draw huge crowds.[7]

References
  1. "West Bengal - List of District, Village, Population & Literacy". www.pincodeindia.net. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. "Pin Code of Howrah in West Bengal, Howrah Postal Code". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. "Schools in West Bengal | List of Schools in 21 Districts of West Bengal". schools.org.in. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal". wbhed.gov.in. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. "Welcome to WB HEALTH Portal". www.wbhealth.gov.in. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. "Center Public Information Officers". www.indiapost.gov.in. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, Howrah Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal
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