Bandel (India)

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Bandel cruise port

Region
Asia Rivers

Local Time
2025-05-24 21:05

min: 82 °F (27 °C) / max: 96 °F (36 °C) 87°F
30.6°C
Wind: 124°/ 3.4 m/s  Gust: 5.5 m/sWind: 124°/ 3.4 m/s  Gust: 5.5 m/sGentle breeze
3.4 m/s
Min / Max Temperature96 °F / 36 °C
82 °F / 28 °C
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Bandel is a Hooghly River (Ganges River) cruise port and town in India's West Bengal state, with a population of around 10,000.

The town was founded during Portuguese India (colonial period 1505-1961). Today it is part of the Kolkata metro region and a large railway junction (train station) located approx 40 km (25 mi) from Howrah.

Current-day town's economy is based on the Thermal Power Station (opened in 1965, with capacity around 530 MW), bakery industries, trade (Bandel Bazar - one of the district's biggest markets serving agricultural import and export / especially mango, watermelon, rice), banking, railway engineering and manufacturing, paper manufacturing, education (schools and colleges). The nearest airport is in Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose).

 

As a cruise port, Bandel was included in the 2019 schedule of the riverboat Ganges Voyager II (2014-built).

The next table shows the ship's 7-day itinerary (themed "India's Golden Triangle and the Sacred Ganges").

Date / TimePort
16 NovDeparting from Kolkata
17 NovKalna
18 NovMotihari
19 NovMurshidabad
20 NovMayapur
21 NovBandel
22-23 Nov (overnight)Arriving in Kolkata

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