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.
Garbalia is located at. The PIN code of Garbalia is 711410.

Transport

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

Train

-Amta Local. 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 tranportation systems are also available in Garbalia.

Education

Garbalia Rakhal Chandra Manna Institution is the only higher secondary School in Balia Pargana and second oldest secondary and oldest higher secondary school in Jagatballavpur Block. There is also a secondary girl's school in Balia Pargana-Garbalia Girl's 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.

Culture

, Buripukur Kali Temple are two most religious cultural hotspots in Balia Pargana.

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.

Market

There are mainly two markets located in Balia Pargana. The first is located in Nizbalia and called "Bele Bazar". It is the biggest and key marketplace in Balia Pargana. The second market is located at Khanderghat-Nimabalia area.

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.

Banking Facility

There are now total 4 banks in the Balia Pargana. One of them is Indian Overseas Bank which is located at Ichapur and rests are local Govt. owned or private rural banks. There are also several others ATM facility located in Balia Pargana.

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 Independance 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.