Amarkanan is in the Rarh region of West Bengal, in India.

Understand

Amarkanan is small town with picturesque hills and dam/ reservoir in its vicinity

• 1 Amarkanan. (updated Nov 2016)

Get in

Amarkanan is on the Raniganj/Mejia - Bankura sector of National Highway 14/State Highway 8

South Bengal State Transport Corporation buses and private minibuses are available via Amarkanan from Bankura (22 km) and Durgapur (39 km).

See

• 1 Koro Hills (near Amarkanan). It is 400 feet high (updated Nov 2016)
• 2 Gangdua Dam (4 km from Amamrkanan and 28 km from Bankura). 4,900 feet dam across Shali River, with a scenic reservoir behind it. (updated Nov 2016)
• Sri Ram Krishna Seva Dal Ashram, Amarkanan. The place was associated with the Indian independence movement. Great leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose visited the place. Kazi Nazrul Islam composed a song Amarkanan moder Amarkanan while staying here. (updated Nov 2016)

Do

• Koro Hills. Trekking and Picnic (updated Nov 2016)
• Gangdua Dam. Popular picnic spot (updated Nov 2016)

Sleep

• 1 Sri Ramkrishna Seva Dal Ashram Guest House. (updated Nov 2016)
• Forest Bungalow. For Booking contact: District Forest Officer, North Division, Bankura (updated Nov 2016)

Go next

• Biharinath
• Baranti
• Susunia
• Bankura