Biharinath

Biharinath is in the Bankura district of West Bengal.

Understand
Biharinath is the second highest hill in sub-Himalayan West Bengal. It is 451 m (1,480 ft) high. The tourist spot is at the foot of the hill, near Biharinath temple. There are small villages in the area. Saltora and Tiluri are comparatively more populous places.

By rail
Biharinath is 16 km from Madhukunda, a railway station on the Asansol-Adra track and off the Saltora-Madhukunda road.

By car
One can travel by road from Raniganj via Saltora or across the Damodar River over the bridge near Dishergarh/ Sanctoria, travel a little towards Raghunathpur and turn left for the road to Madhukunda and then on to Biharinath.

One can also drive down from Kolkata to Biharinath. It will take approximately 5-6 hours. The route (around 230 km) is Kolkata > Dankuni > Bardhaman (NH 2 bypasses the town area) > Durgapur > Raniganj (till here NH2) > Saltora> Biharinath. The drive down NH2 is a pleasure, but after that you are on a rural track, though that drive has its own charm.

By bus
There is only one bus from Raniganj station that goes directly to Biharinath, but from Bankura there are more direct buses to Biharinath. From Madhukonda Rail Station there are shuttle services for Biharinath. One can also come from Burnpur/Asansol by two wheeler, crossing the temporary bridge over the river Damodar.

Get around
Walk or have your own transport. Alternatively, a hotel can make arrangements for you to use a bullock cart to move around Biharinath.

Buy
Raniganj and Asansol are the nearest urban shopping centres. Asansol is 16 km by train from Madhukunda railway station and Burnpur and Asansol are just 4-6 km from Biharinath via the newly-opened (2015) bridge.

Eat
Eat at your place of stay. Biharinath Tourist Point is the only place where a full functioning restaurant exists at Biharinath.

Drink
Biharinath Tourist Point also sells packaged water, soft drinks and ice cream.

Go next

 * Baranti
 * Raghunathpur — home to Joychandi Pahar, popular for picnics and rock-climbing
 * Maithon
 * Susunia

Those who have their own transport can easily make it to these places.