Beaches in West Bengal

Beaches are integral part of West Bengal, as Bay of Bengal lies at south of the state. The holy river Ganges meets the sea at Sagar Mohona. Thus it divides the beaches into west & east beaches of Bengal.

✔ East beaches : 

This side Sundarban takes on maximum coverage and here handful of beaches are there.

Bakkhali ( বকখালি)

Fraserganj (ফ্রেজারগঞ্জ)
Henry's Island ( হেনরি আইল্যাণ্ড)  

Sagardwip - Gangasagar beach ( সাগরদ্বীপ/গঙ্গাসাগর)
Mousuni Island

✔ West beaches:
These are on East Medinipur district and attracts huge number of footfalls throughout the year.

✔ North of Kanthi/Contai (কাাঁথি):
Junput (জুনপুট)
Bankiput (বাঁকিপুট)
Boguran Jolpai (বগুরান জলপাই)

✔ South of Contai 
These beaches are main tourist beaches in Bengal. There are one after another beaches lying across the sea til Orissa border. Talsari is another nearby beach inside Orissa. 

Tajpur (তাজপুর)
Chandipur ( চাাঁদিপুর)
Sankarpur (শংকরপুর)

As I visited Sankarpur in August 2021, the goverment has literally killed the natural beauty of the main beach. Full of concrete and lack of nature would put you in disappointment. Bit of nature still lies in the area of fishermen's habour. 
Mandarmani (মন্দারমণি)
Digha Mohona (দীঘা মোহনা)

Digha/old Digha (দীঘা)

Digha is one of the most popular tourist spot in West Bengal. From the capital of Bengal, Kolkata it takes around 4-5 hrs to reach Digha by car. Originally known by the name “Beerkul,” it was first popularised during the British Raj by the then governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings, who said Digha as 'Brighton of the East'. Bengal Gazette (1778) noted down the bungalow of Hastings in Digha, which was built in 1775. Later tidal surge and land erosion had Birkul reduced to rubble. Even Hastings' leisure bungalow also sank into the sea.

After a long gap, Digha had been a place of interest when John Frank Snaith came to Digha in 1923 and leased 11.5 acre area near the sea beach. That time Digha was a mere village, under Ramnagar thana, under Contai district. Mr. Snaith founded Runswick House. 

It was developed into a tourist destination through the efforts of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the first chief minister of Bengal after the independence in 1947. 

New Digha (নিউ দীঘা)
Udaypur (উদয়পুর)

Udaypur is located just at the border of West Bengal & Orissa. The beach is great but the crowd is not worth. You can drink on the beach by renting a table & chairs from the local shops. They will serve the food too. But too noisy, and not a good quality crowd - not my cup of tea.