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Chandannagar
City in West Bengal, India

Chandannagar

Chandannagar, also known by its former names Chandernagor and Chandernagore, is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Get in

Getting to Chandannagar

The nearest airport is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU IATA) at Kolkata, which is air linked with all major Indian and international cities. Chandannagar is only 40 km by road from the airport. Please check flight schedules from the airport. If you want to go to the airport from Chandannagar, the best option will be to hire a car.

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    Chandannagar HWH

    Local trains from Howrah or Bardhaman via main line run very frequently (peak frequency one train every 10 or 12 minutes).

See

Worth seeing

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    French Cemetery

    The French Cemetery contains 150 tombs and is located on the Grand Trunk Road opposite Lal Dighi (a large lake).

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    Nritya Gopal Smriti Mandir

    Built by Sri Harihar Seth, and donated to the people of Chandannagar.

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    Liberty Gate
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    Prefecture of Police
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    Dourgachorone Roquitte Memorial
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    Dupleix Palace

    One of the oldest and finest museums in the entire region.

Do

Things to do

There is an artificial rock climbing wall near the strand. You need to contact Chandannagar Mountaineering Association to participate there. Chandernagore Municipal Corporation (CMC) operates motor boat trips on the river. Take a leisurely stroll on the strand in the evening. It's wonderful. The atmosphere is very attractive.

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    Chuti Park

    Bhola Rd (opposite New Digha Park).

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    Wonderland Park

    Operated by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

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    New Digha Park

    A popular picnic spot among locals, with a name ostensibly similar to Bengal's most popular beach destination.

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    Lal Dighi

    Chandannagar is famous for its Jagaddhatri Puja.

Eat

Where to eat

Chandannagar is famous for its sweets. Suryakumar Modak, a famous confectioner, apparently invented a new sweet named Jolbhora Sandesh once upon a time. Nowadays, his grandsons operate more than one sweet shops in the city. Don't forget to have a taste of jolbhora. Apart from this, the other sweets and desserts are also very tasty and delicious.

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    Bhooter Raja Dilo Bor
How locals move

Getting around Chandannagar the local way

  • Get aroundIn the railway station itself, you will find innumerable rickshaw drivers waiting and calling you.
  • Get aroundIn the evening, leave the rickshaw and take a leisurely stroll in the promenade in Chandannagar strand.
  • Get aroundYou can book an autorickshaw to get around in Chandannagar.
  • Get aroundThere is excellent service by these autorickshaws.
  • Get aroundYou can connect yourself through autorickshaws to both Chandannagar & Mankundu Station from Strand.
  • Get aroundNormally, these autorickshaws ply on designated routes, but you can hire them personally to take you to the desired place.

From Wikivoyage: Chandannagar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Sayan Sanyal (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.