Kanchrapara and Naihati

Understand

Kanchrapara is the largest city of Bijpur in North 24 Parganas district of the state West Bengal.

Get in

By rail

From Sealdah station (Eastern Railways), Main Section, many EMU, MEMU, passenger trains are available. Almost all the trains stop at Kanchrapara. The trip takes around 1 hour 10 minutes. Other routes connect to it through the Sealdah north section. Some general trains which stop at Kanchrapara Railway Station are: Sealdah-Gede local, Sealdah-Kalyani/Kalyani Simanta Local, Sealdah-Ranaghat Local, Sealdah-Krishnanagar Local, Sealdah-Shantipur Local, and Lalgola Fast Passenger.

The previous railway station before Kanchrapara is Halisahar, though a small station 'Kanchrapara Workshop Gate' is in between Kanchrapara and Halisahar, but most trains do not stop there. The next railway station after Kanchrapara is Kalyani.

22.94626188.4513481 Kanchrapara railway station, Station Rd. (updated Apr 2019)

By car

You can reach here by road on travelling through Kalyani Express Highway, which directly connects Kolkata with major cities like Kanchrapara, and Kalyani.

Get around

For travelling within Kanchrapara, or in its vicinity, you can opt for public buses, auto-rickshaws, battery operated rickshaws/e-rickshaws ("toto" in the local language) or manual rickshaws.

Few bus route numbers in Kanchrapara are:-

Route 22: Connects Kanchrapara with Barajagulia/Nimtala
Route 85: Connects Kanchrapara with Barrackpur
Route 27: Connects Kanchrapara with Kalyani
Route 88: Travels from Kanchrapara to Barasat towards Dum-Dum International Airport.
Route E48: Kanchrapara - Jagulia - Barasat - New Town - Salt Lake Karunamoyee

See

Kanchrapara has a huge market base. Anyone must visit here. This city also has a historic air-field, used during WW-II by British and US fighter jets. Now, this area is used by Indian Air Force for special purposes.

Kanchrapara is also famous for a huge railway workshop, which is opened for public view in every year's Lord Viswakarma Puja's occasion. Kanchrapara has the Krishna-Raya Temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, which is a point of attraction.

Do

Walkthrough the market area, explore the vicinity areas, Railway workshop etc.

Buy

High quality garments are available here at a very good affordable price.

Eat

Kanchrapara has many restaurants which offers a variety of cuisines.

Drink

This city is home to many soda shops which sell sodas in recyclable containers for ₹5-10 per 100mL/200mL container every summer. Natural fruit juices are also made and served at the same prices. Branded packed soft-drinks and fruit-drinks are also available at various shops.

Sleep

22.95647488.4523351 Hotel Aquatic Palace (Along Barrackpore-Kalyani Expressway, near J.I.S College of Engineering). (updated Apr 2019)

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