Baranti

Getting there

By train 1 Muradi SER (6 km (3.7 mi) from Baranti). Served by Adra-Asansol MEMU trains. You can hire an auto-rickshaw or a trekker at the station. (updated Aug 2025)

By car

You can take either use the historic Grand Trunk Road or the modern NH 19 to get into Asansol first. Just before entering to Neamatpur, turn left to Disergarh Bridge across the Damodar River to Sarbori More on Barakarar Purulia Road to Subhas Morh, turn left to Kotaldih village then to Ramchandrapur village and Muradi village to Baranti. You can also take Raniganj Punjabi More-Mejia More-Shaltora-Santuri-Baranti/Muradi. This route is 35 km shorter than Asansol route.

Getting around

Cycle rickshaws are available for local movement in Muradi. Some hired transport is also available near Muradi railway station.

Buy

The nearest urban shopping centre is at Asansol, 23 km by train from Muradi railway station.

Eat

Eat at your place of stay. There are no eateries. Baranti Tourist Point (see "Sleep" below) has a good restaurant, which serves fish from Baranti Lake.

1 Spangle Wings Restaurant (In between Baranti Lake & Baranti Hill), ☏ +91 7278565656, [email protected]. Modern Indian cooking with locally-sourced ingredients (updated Jan 2018)

Drink & nightlife

It is best to carry your own drinks. The restaurant at Baranti Tourist Point sells soft drinks and packaged drinking water.

Sleep

Budget 1 Aaronnok, ☏ +91 9836099007, +91 9874154268, [email protected]. Check-in: 10AM, check-out: 10AM. ₹900. Baranti Tourist Point, Just beneath Gorang Hill adjacent to the Dam (beneath Muradi hill & very near to the dam), ☏ +91 8017202499, +91 8017745849, [email protected]. Check-in: Noon, check-out: 11AM. AC & non-AC rooms, restaurant, children's park, car parking space, travel help desk, etc. Restaurant serves fish from Baranti Lake. ₹800-1600. (updated Mar 2016) Baranti Palashbari Ecological Resort, ☏ +91 9874361951, +91 9831507644, +91 9051616012, [email protected]. Check-in: 11AM, check-out: 9AM. 8 rooms. 6 two-bed rooms ₹800/day each. 2 three-bed rooms ₹900/day. Lake Hill Resort, ☏ +91 9432296178, +91 9564925872, +91 33 24156368, [email protected]. Check-out: 9:30AM. Food prepared to order. ₹850 per day for 3 persons.

Mid-range 2 Akashmoni Resort (Beside Baranti Lake), ☏ +91 8017215958 (jolly Das in Salt Lake GD Block). 5 cottages with food and other amenities. Around ₹1500 per day. 3 Baranti Wildlife & Nature Study Hut, ☏ +91 33-25735288-9330958926-9874887046, +91 9239060292, [email protected]. Check-in: 9:30AM, check-out: 8:30AM. Total-20 rooms, three beds each both ac and non. Also one ac dormitory and one honeymoon suite. 8 deluxe rooms, ₹1000 each; 6 AC rooms ₹1500; 6 general rooms, ₹800 each. Food: bed tea to night dinner - ₹390 per person. (updated Nov 2019) Mahulban Hill Resort (beside the lake), ☏ +91 98303 12333. Double sharing room ₹1050, triple sharing room ₹1300, ₹300 extra for AC. (updated Aug 2017) 4 Monpalash Resort (near Baranti Dam), ☏ +91 9062768434, +91 9874573687 (Booking facility also available from Dhakuria), [email protected]. Check-in: 8:30AM, check-out: 8AM. Double room cottage accommodation-5 heads: ₹1800. Single room cottage accommodation 3 heads ₹1200. ₹300 for breakfast and dinner per head per day. (updated Mar 2017) 5 Spangle Wings Resort, ☏ +91 7278565659, [email protected]. In be

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