• Shankarpur

About 14 kms from the popular West Bengal beach resort of Digha is the Shankarpur Fishing Harbour Project. Shankarpur has to its credit all the advantages of Digha, minus the crowd and is being developed as a beach resort. It can boast of a wide and unspoiled beach, caesarian groves by the side of a gentle sea and a good climate round the year. It is also a regular fishing Harbour. Shankarpur will soon be developed as a sea resort with hotels, tourist lodges and other facilities.

Getting There

Digha is 185 Km away and conveniently connected via train and road network with Kolkata, the capital of west Bengal and a metropolitan city of the India.

  By Rail : 
                  Train services to Digha are available from Kolkata, with stops at Kanthi, Kharagpur and Mecheda etc. There are daily trains from Shalimar railway station and there are a few trains from Howrah too. Shalimar-Digna Express (2867) starts from Shalimar at 07:55 AM and comes to Santragachi at 08:05 am. Fare is Rs. 56/- for general class and around Rs.70/- for Chair car reservation. Sometimes special trains are announced on special occasions and holidays.

  By Bus : 
                   There is frequent bus service to Digha available daily, every half an hour to Digha from Dharamtala bus stand of Kolkata. Buses leave from the Shahid Minar and Howrah bus terminus in central Calcutta. It is almost a 5 hour journey from Kolkata.