The Coastal Region of West Bengal, which extends along the Bay of Bengal, offers a diverse range of
tourist attractions and experiences, making it a popular destination for travelers. The region boasts
numerous pristine beaches with golden sands and serene coastal views. Popular beaches include
Digha, Mandarmani, and Tajpur, where one can relax, sunbathe, or take part in water activities.
Mandarmani is also famous for its red crab migration, a natural phenomenon where countless red crabs
crawl across the beach. This is a unique sight for tourists.
DIGHA :
Digha is a popular seaside town in the state of West Bengal. It is primarily known for its beaches and scenic
beauty. Digha attracts many tourists throughout the year, creating opportunities in the hospitality sector,
which forms the largest part of Digha’s economy.
Due to its strategic location in proximity to Kolkata, Digha is currently being developed as one of the hubs for
MICE tourism in Bengal which provides an opportunity to hold meetings with a beach backdrop. The place
provides various venues and hotel options available for hosting small-scale MICE events
Places to Visit in Digha
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Amarabati Park
Popular place in digha, but now it’s visitor decrease day by day because new pack “dheusagar” in new digha is popular an in place. But you can visit this pace , ropeway , park , guarden , water fall and some bird and animal make your day joyfull.
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New Digha Sea Beach
Best Dastination in digha to visit , most of the time this place is very crowded and touristy are spend their time in beach front .
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Digha Gate
it’s a front of digha to reach sea front area.
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Digha Mohona Watch Point
in this place most of the people are visit for fising and purchase fish , this spot for fishing area.
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Digha Science Centre
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Marine Aquarium
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Kajal Dighi
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Biswa Bangla Park Old Digha
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Chandaneswar Temple Digha
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Shankarpur Beach
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Talsari Beach
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Old Digha Beach
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New Digha Beach
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Udaipur Beach
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Chandpur Beach
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Digha Mohona & Watch Point
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Digha Jagannath Mandir
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Digha gate
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Dheusagar Park New Digha
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Mandarmoni
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Tajpur
How to Reach Digha ( Travel Guide)
- By Train : Several trains run from Howrah to Digha,
- By Road : Buses and private cars take around 4-5 hours to cover the 185 km journey from Kolkata to Digha.
- By Air : The nearest airport is in Kolkata, from where travelers can take a train or cab to reach Digha.
DighaShankarpur Planning Area lies in the South–Western corner of PurbaMedinipur District. It is a coastal tract adjoining Bay of Bengal in the south and bordering Orissa in the west. This Planning Area in PurbaMedinipur district of West Bengal is a potential
tourism site in India extending from 87°29’21.05”E to 87°37’30”E longitude and 21°36’28.43” N to 21°41’59.52”N latitude.Digha is connected to Kolkata via SH-4, NH41 and then NH-6. The alternative access to Digha is to travel along NH-6 up to Kharagpur and take the road to Digha via Egra and Depal (SH-5). With the opening of railway line between Tamluk and Digha under South-Eastern railway division, this planning area now has a railway station namely Digha linking it by rail to Kolkata and Kharagpur and therefrom to the southern, northern and western part of India. The revision of amendmentLand Use and Development Control Plan had been proposed for the Old DighaShankarpur Planning Area, the Area of Interest (AOI) covering 8752.62 acrehereafter called as DighaShankarpur Planning Area. It comprises of Dighaand Shankarpur area. The study area is bounded by Bay of Bengal on the southern side and land locked on other three sides. It has a total of 42mouzas (out of which 5 mouzas are fully and 21mouzas arepartly under CRZ).
Digha’s economy is primarily dependent on tourism sector. Digha is West Bengal’s most popular sea resort and tourist spot located south west of Kolkata. Digha has a low gradient with a shallow sand beach with gentle waves extends 7 kms in length. In Digha sea starts about a mile away from the start of the beach. The scenic beauty of this place is charming and luring.
The entire stretch of the Digha sea face from Old Digha to New Digha is filledwith casuarina plantations, which looks beautiful. Tourists come here and bath in the sea, stroll by the beach along the casuarina trees and enjoy the sights and scenes offered by this magnificent stretch of sea. Since it is one of very few popular beaches in West Bengal, it gets overcrowded, especially during the cooler winter
break. New Digha is the newer section of the town with the beach that is suitable for a holiday. In addition to charming beach and several hotel, The latest attraction of new digha is the Science Center established by the National Council of Science Museums. The Centre offers a wide variety of mechanisms to make science an enjoyable learning experience. A fun glass measures individual height. A skeleton gives company for bicycle racing. An Eskimos’ Igloo turns out to be a planetarium. Also in the enclave is the Centre’s Science Park, which offers entertaining educational opportunities. A park representing the Jurassic Age has also been built at the Centre. The Asia’s largest Marine Aquarium, which is opposite the hospital in Digha.
There is a small park with a lake called Amravati lake where you can enjoy a boat ride. Near lake has a Deepak Mitra’s Snake Farm, A newly built toy train park which is an added attraction. Another popular sea resort near digha is sankarpur Beach. It is a twin beach of Digha, around 14 km from Digha, along the Digha-Contai Road. Shankarpur has to its credit all the advantages of Digha, minus the crowd. Casuarina groves by the
side of a gentle sea and good climate round the year make it a popular beach destination. Apart from the long, tree-lined beach, the main attraction is the Shankarpur Fishing Harbour Project.This beach is mostly empty except on weekends. The mornings are cool, when fishermen can be seen hauling their huge nets out of the sea. The morning sun reflecting on the sea waves in the east, and the local fishboats on the coast offer excellent photographic opportunities.
- Official Web Page : https://purbamedinipur.gov.in/
