Purulia Tourism

Purulia is one of the important districts in West Bengal where tourism industry can be developed. Being one of the oldest places in West Bengal, archaeological value of Purulia can not be ignored. It is believed that Purulia existed even in the 5th century AD. Transport systems need lot of improvement to develop Purulia as a place of tourist attractions. Sufficient lodges and hotels of different budgets are also not available now but once the district becomes popular to all types of tourists, hotel industry in the district will automatically develop.

Places of tourist attractions in Purulia

Chelyama 

Ayodhya Hills 

Baranti 

Garh Panchkot 

How to Reach Purulia – transport services

Purulia can be reached either by road or by Indian railway services. Government and private buses ply between Kolkata/Ranchi/Dhanbad/Bokaro/Asansol/Durgapur/TATA to Purulia. 

The National Highway – 32 and National Highway – 60A passes through the District. 

There are many trains passing through Purulia and few of the trains are as follows: 

From Howrah to Purulia: Purulia Express, Rupasi Bangla Express, Chakradharpur Passenger. 

From Ranchi to Purulia: Hatia Kharagpur Passenger 

From Delhi to Purulia: Purshottam Express 

From Mumbai to Purulia: Samarsata Exprss. 

From Chennai to Purulia: Guwahati Express, Dibrugarh Express. 

Time Table of Related Trains

 Local Train Time Table between Asansol and Tatanagar (Via Adra and Purulia) – Down and Up
Local Train Time Table Between Asansol and Purulia

Hotels and Lodges in Purulia

Hotels and lodges of different budgets are available in Purulia. Both Government and private hotels are available and advance booking is possible in some of those hotels. 

List of some of the hotels are given below:Std code: 03252 

Hotel Akash 

B. T. Sarkar Road P. O. Purulia 

Phone: 224535 

Hotel Aristrocat 

Baiji Lane P. O. Purulia 

Phone: 223247 

Hotel Mayur 

Ranchi Road P. O. Purulia Dist. Purulia 

Phone: 223364 

Hotel Minakshi 

Chaibasa Road P. O. Purulia 

Phone: 224498 

Hotel Raj 

Ranchi Road P. O Purulia 

Phone: 227574 

Puspak Hotel 

Old Manbazar Road P. O. Purulia 

Phone: 222080 

Shyama Hotel 

Chuna Bhati P. O Purulia 

Phone: 226724 

Sree Hotel 

Sadar Para. S. N. Sarkar Street . P. O. Purulia 

Phone: 224421 

The Hotel Meenakshi 

P. N. Ghosh Street . P. O. Dist. – Purulia 

Phone: 226622 

The New Hotel Rajesh 

P. N. Ghosh Street P. O. Purulia 

Phone: 226554 

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