Kuntighat | |
Other Name: | Nityanandapur |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hooghly |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 712513 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 033-2684, 03213-229 |
Registration Plate: | WB-16-18 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Chinsurah |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 80% |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Hooghly |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Moderate (Köppen) |
Kuntighat is a village in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India located on the banks of river Kunti.
The main means of communication in this village is Sarak Path (Assam Road) and Rail Path (Kuntighat Railway). The village is situated on the banks of the river Ganga and 5 km away from the city of Tribeni. It is an old sacred place for Hindus, whose sanctity has been recognized for many centuries and a Sanskrit part of the last quarter of the 12th century is mentioned in Pavandut.Scholls include Bishpara high school, Chandrahati Dilip kumar high school and Gopalpur high schoolIt has also few beautiful places to visit like Kuntighat wooden hanging bridge, Birla Mandir, Gopalpur Lock Gate etc.