Bangaon

City in West Bengal, India

Bangaon (Bengali: বনগাঁ Bangam̐) is a town of 110,000 people (2011) in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. It acts as a stopover to places like Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary and Petrapole.

Get in

By train

  • 🌍 Bangaon Junction railway station. A part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is the last station on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway, 77 km from Sealdah Station. (updated Jul 2022)

By bus

Bangaon is well connected with others major places by buses, like Kolkata, Howrah, Habra, Basirhat, Bagdaha, Kalyani, Krishnanagar, Chakdaha, Ranaghat, Karimpur and Digha.

Get around

See

  • 🌍 Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary (Parmadan Forest). (updated Jul 2023)
  • Satbhai Kalitala Temple. An ancient Kali temple in Bangaon town. 
  • 🌍 Ichamati River. The scenic beauty of the river can be seen from the Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay Bridge and Rai Bridge built on the Ichamati River in Bangaon town. 
  • 🌍 Residence of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Barakpur. (updated Nov 2023)
  • Shaheed Smriti Minar

Do

  • 🌍 Bangaon Stadium. (updated Jul 2022)
  • 🌍 Pratapgarh Park. (updated Jul 2022)

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • 🌍 Bongaon Asbab, Chakdaha Rd, Bangaon. (updated Jul 2022)

Connect

Go next

  • Petrapole — A town at India-Bangladesh border.
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