by tank water, 3,040 hectares by river lift irrigation, 3,050 hectares by deep tube wells and 5,474 hectares by shallow tube wells. Banking In 2013-14, Balagarh CD Block had offices of 12 commercial banks and 2 gramin banks. Transport Balagarh CD Block has 8 ferry services and 6 originating/ terminating bus routes. The Bandel-Katwa Branch Line passes through this block and there are stations at Jirat, Balagarh, Somra Bazar, Behula and Guptipara. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway network. The State Highway 6 (West Bengal), running from Rajnagar (in Birbhum district) to Alampur (in Howrah district) passes through this block. Education In 2013-14, Balagarh CD Block had 162 primary schools with 12,195 students, 5 middle schools with 375 students, 11 high schools with 5,293 students and 15 higher secondary schools with 17,629 students. Balagarh CD Block had 1 general college with 1,958 students, 3 technical/ professional institutions with 2,558 students and 379 institutions for special and non-formal education with 6,541 students Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya, a general degree college, was established in Jirat in 1985. In Balagarh CD Block, amongst the 129 inhabited villages, 10 had no school, 40 had more than 1 primary school, 92 had at least 1 primary school, 27 had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 21 had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school. Culture Library In Balagarh there is a 115 year's old public library named as Chandra Saraswati Pathagar. There is another big library of Sripur kalyan Samiti(125 year's) in Sripur Bazar Area which have wide collection of books according to the need and Jirat Ashutosh Smritimandir Rural Library is 88 year's old. Music Balagarh Dishari Cultural Association is carrying forward the musical tradition for more than 50 years. Jirat Jirat is a Census Town of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the western bank of the Hooghly River and is about away from Kolkata, is the Main Administrative Center (Sadar) of the block. Guptipara Guptipara is a town under Balagarh Police Station. The first publicly organised Jagadhatri Puja was held at Guptipara, when some men were stopped from taking part in a household Jagadhatri 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