Shānti Niketan
in Bīrbhūm of West Bengal, India
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Shah Mokhdum Airport (79 mi) -
Dhanbad Airport (80 mi) - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (86 mi)
- Ishurdi Airport (92 mi)
- Malda Airport (97 mi)
- Jessore Airport (100 mi)
- Jamshedpur Airport (114 mi)
- Balurghat Airport (130 mi)
- Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (Unesco heritage, 124 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 23.682 and 87.686 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 23° 40' 56" and E 87° 41' 10"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rupee - INR
- Spoken languages:
- English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Panjabi, Assamese, Bihari , Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Sanskrit, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:14 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Asia/Kolkata
- UTC/GMT offset: 5.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:49 am and 4:56 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.637 and -78.834 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Robinson Crusoe - References
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Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to India.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning India. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Shānti Niketan
Shānti Niketan in Bīrbhūm (West Bengal) is located in India about 733 mi (or 1,180 km) south-east of New Delhi, the country's capital.
Local time in Shānti Niketan is now 02:14 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Asia / Kolkata with an UTC offset of 5.5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Shānti Niketan, of which one is a larger airport. The closest is airport we know is Shah Mokhdum Airport in Bangladesh in a distance of 79 mi (or 126 km). The closest airport in India is Dhanbad Airport in a distance of 80 mi (or 126 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. The closest heritage site is Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur in Bangladesh at a distance of 124 mi (or 200 km). If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Rajshahi, Kolkata, Magura, Khulna and Bagerhat. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 84 °F
| Morning Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
| Night Temperature | 24°C / 76 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 49% |
| Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 8th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 9th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
24°C (76 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 10th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
24°C (74 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Videos from this area
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Scenes from Poush Mela
Something for my friends back home. A few different shots filmed during Santiniketan's famous annual festival, the Poush Mela. Now you can see what I got to see going down across the street...
Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Satabdi Express
Hi friends this is my first upload...... The New Satabdi Express running Between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri...... It Started today.... Hope you Like it......
Monkey Baby
A little Hanuman monkey playing on the concrete table in front of my house.
God portion\ pith (protected) konkalitala, shantiniketan, India.
God portion\ pith (protected) konkalitala tourist spot mist winter at shantiniketan, India.
cottage arts of Shantiniketan, INDIA,
antic arts of tribes of Shantiniketan, INDIA, their life styles at Museum.
Tower to visit dear park ground,shantiniketan. .
Tower to visit dear park with mustered ground, shantiniketan,India.
Tourists way to shantiniketan by high road. India.
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Srijoni Shilpa gram tourist spot at Shantiniketan, India.
Srijoni Shilpa gram tourist spot at Shantiniketan, India.
Provincial houses museum, tourist spot. Shantiniketan,INDIA.
different provincial tribal houses museum on tourist spot for tourist at Shantiniketan,INDIA.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Rabindra Bharati University
Rabindra Bharati University is a university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. It is located at the Tagore family home, Jorasanko Thakur Bari. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Performing Arts and Visual Arts under the Faculty of Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and other subjects under the Faculty of Arts.
Santiniketan
Shantiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Santiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics here, and his house is a place of historical importance.
Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary
For town in Bardhaman district see Ballavpur Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary (Bengali: বল্লভপুর বন্যপ্রাণী অভয়ারণ্য) (popular as Deer Park) was established in 1977. This wooded area is located near Santiniketan in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bolpur in West Bengal. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
Sriniketan
Sriniketan (also spelt Sri Niketan) is a town in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Shanti Niketan, Delhi
Shanti Niketan is an up-market housing colony in the heart of New Delhi. It is close to West End Colony, RK Puram, Chanakyapuri and Vasant vihar. Shanti Niketan was originally developed by the Government of India in the 1960s as a housing colony for government officials. With time, houses in the colony have been sold in the open market and most of the current residents are industrialists.
Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block)
Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block) (Bengali: বোলপুর শ্রীনিকেতন সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bolpur and Panrui police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Sriniketan.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Shānti Niketan.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Santiniketan, Shānti Niketan
