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Hālīsahar

Halisahar is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Hālīsahar
Hālīsahar · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Halisahar is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hālīsahar

10 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
    Sayyid Jamaluddin Mosque

    The Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque is a former mosque and archaeological site, now in partial ruins, located in the ancient city of Saptagram in Hooghly district, West Bengal. The mosque was built during the reign of the Bengali sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah.

    5.2 km · mosque in Hooghly, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Basilica of the Holy-Rosary

    The Basilica of the Holy Rosary is one of the oldest Christian churches in West Bengal, India. Situated in Bandel, Hooghly district of West Bengal, it stands as a memorial to the Portuguese settlement in Bengal.

    3.9 km · church in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hangseshwari Temple

    The Hangseswari temple is a Hindu ratna temple located in the town of Bansberia at Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. The presiding deity of the temple is Hangseswari, a form of Maa Adi Parashakti Jagatjanani Dakshina Kali in Hindu mythology.

    2.7 km · Temple in Bansberia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist

    St. John the Baptist Church of Chinsura, is located in Chinsura, India.

    6.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    University of Kalyani

    The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a collegiate public research university located in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It is administered by the Government of West Bengal, affiliated with the University Grants Commission, and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with an "A" grade.

    5.2 km · state public university in Nadia, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ananta Basudeba Temple

    Ananta Basudeba temple is a Hindu temple of Lord Krishna in the Hangseshwari temple complex in Banshberia, in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built by Raja Rameswar Datta in 1679, this temple is noted for the exquisite terra cotta works on its walls.

    2.7 km · temple in Bansberia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Boro Maa Kali Temple, Naihati

    Boro Maa Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Naihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal in India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. The temple's history dates a century back to 1923, when a young man named Bhavesh Chakraborty had a dream after visiting Nabadwip and witnessing the grandeur of the idols there.

    6.3 km · Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Kali at Naihati, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Jubilee Bridge

    The Jubilee Bridge is a former rail bridge over the Hooghly River between Naihati and Bandel in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It provided an important connection between Garifa railway station and Hooghly Ghat railway station.

    4.7 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hooghly Mohsin College

    Hooghly Mohsin College, established in 1836 after the Macaulay Report, is one of the oldest colleges in India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Commerce and Sciences.

    7.4 km · Old and reputed college of West Bengal · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kalyani Stadium

    Kalyani Stadium is a stadium in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. The stadium holds 20,000 spectators.

    4.4 km · Sports stadium of West Bengal, India · 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 Hālīsahar

Airports
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 33 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 225 km
Stations
Kankinara railway station, 9.1 km · Bandel Junction railway station, 4.9 km · Hooghly railway station, 6.4 km · Kalyani railway station, 5.6 km · Chuchura railway station, 8.1 km
  • Bhubaneswar → Hālīsahar
    399 km · quickest by air, 4h 57m · ₹5,900–8,910
  • Siliguri → Hālīsahar
    420 km · quickest by air, 5h 17m · ₹6,510–9,840
  • Guwahati → Hālīsahar
    494 km · quickest by air, 5h 51m · ₹7,030–10,610
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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 Hālīsahar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThis is the place to get down if you are going to the Gandhi Memorial Hospital or Julien Day School, also you are well connected to the B-Block through autorickshaws, taking you to destinations such as JNM Hospital, Central Park, ITI and also to Tribeni across the river into Hooghly.
  • Get inThere is also the Tribeni-Gayeshpur minibus connectivity to help you on your way.

From Wikivoyage: Kalyani, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-12.

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Around it

Next door to Hālīsahar

Hālīsahar is 9 km from Bhātpāra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.