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Ghurni

Ghurni is a neighbourhood of Krishnanagar in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The place

Ghurni is a neighbourhood of Krishnanagar in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the centre for the production of clay dolls, often referred to as Krishnanagar clay dolls.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ghurni

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar ) is a diocese located in the city of Krishnagar in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in India.

    3.3 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Krishnagar Collegiate School

    Krishnanagar Collegiate School is a senior-secondary school and one of the oldest schools in West Bengal, situated in the city of Krishnanagar in Nadia district.

    2 km · school of West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Krishnagar Government College

    Krishnagar Government College, established in 1846, is the oldest college in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences and also some postgraduate courses.

    3 km · college in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Krishnagar Women's College

    Krishnagar Women's College, established in 1958, is a women's college in Krishnagar, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences.

    3.6 km · women's college of Nadia district · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Grace cottage

    Grace Cottage, Krishnanagar is a Government office building and heritage site. It is situated at Bowbazar, Krishnanagar in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

    3.3 km · heritage building in West Bengal · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Ghurni

Airports
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 86 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 198 km
  • Kolkata → Ghurni
    216 km · quickest by road, 6h 29m · ₹2,270–2,840
  • Siliguri → Ghurni
    565 km · quickest by road, 13h 5m · ₹4,900–6,150
  • Guwahati → Ghurni
    493 km · quickest by road, 11h 43m · ₹4,750–5,950
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ghurni

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ghurni. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundCycle rickshaws and e-rickshaws are available for movement within the town.

From Wikivoyage: Krishnanagar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sagar Island and GangasagarIN

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    202 km
  2. 02
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    385 km
  3. 03
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    406 km
  4. 04
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    572 km
  5. 05
    ViswemaIN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    618 km

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