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About Junput

Contai (কাঁথি Kāṁthi) is a town in the Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal.

Junput travel guide

Getting there

By train 1 Kanthi railway station. (updated Dec 2022)

By bus You can also take a bus from Kolkata to Contai (air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned are available).

By car From the Kolkata side of the Hooghly River, you have to drive via NH 16 (formerly NH 6), Mecheda, Nandakumar and Henria to Contai.

Sleep

Bankiput Guest House. It has 6 double-bedded rooms and serves Bengali cuisine (updated Mar 2019) 1 Junput Resort, ☏ +91 33 6944 3695. This is the only accommodation available there, 1 km from Junput Bazar. There is no spot booking facility so it is better to book a room before reaching there. ₹350-450.

Go next

Beach spots: Digha, Khejuri, Mandarmani Tamluk (Tamralipta)

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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