My Visit to Digha

I went to Digha which is a town of seaside resort in West Bengal. I had to go to a district named Purba Medinipur. I discovered that it is in the northern side of Bay of Bengal. I found a low gradient having a sand beach. The beach is shallow. This sea popular is quite popular in West Bengal.

 

I would like to talk about Beerkul, and that is the real name of Digha. Warren Hastings named it in his letters dating back 1780 and he had compared it with Brighton of the East. In 1923, there was John Frank Snaith who is a businessman of English origin. He had popularized Digha. Bidhan Chandra Roy was the chief minister of Bengal at that time and he had been inspired to develop that spot. I saw an old church in the Old Digha Main gate. I came to know that this is known as Alankarpur Digha. When I travelled to New Digha, I found Sindhur Tara. I also travelled to a park named Amrabati Park. I had prayed for the welfare of my family along with my loved ones. I went using a local van rickshaw. I also went to Tajpur, then I went to Odisa Border. Finally, I went to the Science City.

I talked to a geography student and he told me that Digha has been located at 21°38′18″N 87°30′35″E. There is a 6 metre elevation or 20 ft elevation.

I travelled from Kolkata and found from meter reading that it is 183 km or 114 mile. I went through Mecheda. One of my friend went from Kharagpur and he told me that it is 234 km. I found great hotels along with tourist lodges. I got highway when I travelled from Kolkata. I heard from my friend at Tamluk that there is a rail-link. I am excited to share that the last time I went to Digha, I went via Howrah-Digha Super AC express. I also went using Tamralipta express in the second time. In the third time, I went using Kandari express. My friends told me that there are EMU locals which departs from Santragacchi. They go through Mecheda and then Tamluk. These trains are found to be running between Howrah and Digha. I found from a local informant that Digha is located under Contai Sub division.

When I asked about police station to the local people, they told me that there is Ramnagar I which controls the police station of Digha. It comes under CD block. The area is 3,153 km². From a statistician in Digha, I heard that the population is 35,054. When I went towards Digha Mohana, I found the Digha Mohana Coastal police station.

 

I heard from the local people through interview that 93.55% of population under the Contai subdivision inhabit in the villages. There is 6.45% of population who reside in the city. In terms of urbanization, it revealed that it is behind the Haldia subdivision and the research studies show 20.81% of population reside in cities.

I was moving around and found that there is a district hospital and it is located in Old Digha. The residents of Old Digha have been interviewed and they told me that the medical facility is great. I found two hospitals. They are Sanjiban Hospital and Contai Sub Divisional Hospital. Sanjiban Hospital is about 31 kilometer from Digha.

 

If you want to go to Digha, you can get bus from Dharmatala, Joka, Garia, Baruipur. You can also get bus from Bolpur, Burdwan, Asansol, Siliguri, Serampur and Baharampur. From Howrah, you can go to Digha by bus. You can board a bus at 8:30 am in Sealdah and go to Digha.  You will get this route from Sealdah. You will pass through Taltala, Dharmatala, Wellington, S N Banerjee Road, etc.  

 

You can get "New Digha" and it is approximately 2 km from old beach of Digha. The beach has been improved. I found the beach to be clean and there is proper maintenance. A great place to visit is the Science Centre. I found that National Council of Science Museums had built this science city. You can get plantations of casuarinas and they are truly amazing! I went to Digha gate. You can observe fishing in Digha. There is Marine Aquarium and Research Centre and I heard from the guide that in 1989 , it has been set up under the Seventh Five Year Plan. The Centre has a goal and the target is to show marine biodiversity of Digha. The researchers conduct research. A great attraction of Digha is Chandaneswar where I found a temple of Lord Shiva. The distance of this temple is 8 km from digha. This temple is century-old and Lord Shiva is prayed here. It is between the border of Orissa and Bengal. Chandaneswar has been regarded as a portion of Odisha, In Chaitra, a Bengali month,  you will discover an annual fair. If you visit in that time, you will observe half million people approximately along with the pilgrims.