Khirai – Valley of Flowers
- Distance From Kharagpur Is Approx. 54km Via NH 16
- Distance From Kolkata Is Approx. 88km Via NH-16.
- Google Map: Khirai – Valley of Flowers
Khirai is a major hub for flower farming. The Valley of Flowers is located in the upper reaches of the Kansai River (Kansabati River) near Khirai Railway Station in the Panskura region of India. Khirai is very famous for the Valley of Flowers of West Bengal.
Khirai is a small Village Near Panskura in the East Medinipur district of West Bengal. As alluring as the name Khirai Valley of Flowers is, the surrounding beauty is more than you might imagine.
Along the banks of the Khirai and Kangsabati rivers are cultivated splendid varieties of flowers that look like multi-colored carpets. Combination of orange, yellow and green, and so on. This place is even more romantic for couples because here you will feel like Amitabh Ji and Rekha Ji, And you will start humming the song of Kishore Da in your mind.
“देखा एक ख़्वाब तो ये सिलसिले हुए दूर तक निगाहों में हैं गुल खिले हुए ये ग़िला है आप की निगाहों में फूल भी हों दर्मियां तो फ़ासले हुए देखा एक …”
Different kinds of flowers paint the Valley of Flowers like Marigold, Pot marigold, Common marigold, Gladiolus, Chrysanthemum, Cockscomb, etc are the important flowers that are cultivated in this region in the first week of January. The fertile alluvial soil of both the Khirai and Kangsabati rivers in Panskura block helps in developing the cultivation of this flower.
Though floriculture is done throughout the year, the winter season is very important as this time is very suitable for the blooming of different types of flowers, and as a result, people are attracted to visit these places.
Floriculture is the most important economic activity in this region for the livelihood of the people.
According to the farmers, these flowers are exported not only in West Bengal but also to all the major cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Bangalore, etc.
But most of the flowers are exported daily to the Kolkata megacity by railway transport. There is a number of flowers market surrounding this area as the farmers sell their flowers every day early morning.
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HOW TO REACH
To reach Khirai, get on any local train from Howrah station to Kharagpur station there are so many trains i.e. Howrah-Midnapore local, Howrah-Kharagpur local, and Howrah-Balichack local. Khirai station is just after the Panskura station.
In another way, some vehicles like TOTO can be hired to reach Khirai and Kansai riverside from Panskura station. To reach Janabar flower garden there is public transport like Bus; Tracker is available from Panskura station. However, there is no such arrangement to stay in Khirai but anybody can stay in Panskura town.
The easiest way is by train, I will give the timetable of the train below, you can follow:
Kharagpur To Khirai
| 1 | 38702 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 03:00 KHAI 03:42 |
40 Km 00h 42m |
| 2 | 38704 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 03:50 KHAI 04:35 |
40 Km 00h 45m |
| 3 | 38802 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 04:33 KHAI 05:15 |
40 Km 00h 42m |
| 4 | 38706 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 05:25 KHAI 06:08 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 5 | 38804 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 06:10 KHAI 06:55 |
40 Km 00h 45m |
| 6 | 38708 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 06:55 KHAI 07:37 |
40 Km 00h 42m |
| 7 | 38808 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 07:03 KHAI 07:45 |
40 Km 00h 42m |
| 8 | 38710 KGP HWH MATRIBHOOMI LOCAL Daily |
KGP 07:10 KHAI 07:51 |
40 Km 00h 41m |
| 9 | 38714 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 07:40 KHAI 08:23 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 10 | 38810 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 08:13 KHAI 09:01 |
40 Km 00h 48m |
| 11 | 38812 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 09:40 KHAI 10:25 |
40 Km 00h 45m |
| 12 | 38716 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 10:55 KHAI 11:39 |
40 Km 00h 44m |
| 13 | 38814 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 11:30 KHAI 12:13 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 14 | 38816 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 12:25 KHAI 13:08 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 15 | 38818 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 13:32 KHAI 14:15 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 16 | 38718 KGP SRC LOCAL Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
KGP 14:00 KHAI 14:43 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 17 | 38720 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 14:25 KHAI 15:10 |
40 Km 00h 45m |
| 18 | 38820 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 14:58 KHAI 15:42 |
40 Km 00h 44m |
| 19 | 38722 KGP HWH EMU Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
KGP 15:20 KHAI 16:03 |
39 Km 00h 43m |
| 20 | 38822 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 16:02 KHAI 16:46 |
40 Km 00h 44m |
| 21 | 38824 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 16:30 KHAI 17:13 |
40 Km 00h 43m |
| 22 | 38724 KGP HWH LOCAL Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
KGP 17:20 KHAI 18:04 |
40 Km 00h 44m |
| 23 | 38726 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 17:45 KHAI 18:20 |
40 Km 00h 35m |
| 24 | 38826 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 18:28 KHAI 19:13 |
40 Km 00h 45m |
| 25 | 38728 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 18:45 KHAI 19:30 |
40 Km 00h 45m |
| 26 | 38828 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 19:43 KHAI 20:27 |
40 Km 00h 44m |
| 27 | 38730 KGP HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 20:45 KHAI 21:33 |
40 Km 00h 48m |
| 28 | 38830 MDN HWH LOCAL Daily |
KGP 21:30 KHAI 22:14 |
40 Km 00h 44m |
Howrah To Khirai
| 1 | 58001 HWH PURI PASS Daily |
HWH 00:05 KHAI 02:06 |
76 Km 02h 01m |
| 2 | 38801 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 02:40 KHAI 04:18 |
76 Km 01h 38m |
| 3 | 38701 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 03:05 KHAI 04:28 |
76 Km 01h 23m |
| 4 | 38703 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 03:25 KHAI 05:11 |
76 Km 01h 46m |
| 5 | 38803 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 04:25 KHAI 06:12 |
76 Km 01h 47m |
| 6 | 38705 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 04:55 KHAI 06:41 |
76 Km 01h 46m |
| 7 | 38805 HWH MDN OCAL Daily |
HWH 05:35 KHAI 07:26 |
76 Km 01h 51m |
| 8 | 38807 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 06:30 KHAI 08:16 |
76 Km 01h 46m |
| 9 | 38707 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 07:15 KHAI 09:02 |
76 Km 01h 47m |
| 10 | 38809 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 08:00 KHAI 09:53 |
76 Km 01h 53m |
| 11 | 38811 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 08:48 KHAI 10:33 |
76 Km 01h 45m |
| 12 | 38813 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 09:40 KHAI 11:30 |
76 Km 01h 50m |
| 13 | 38815 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 10:25 KHAI 12:17 |
76 Km 01h 52m |
| 14 | 38711 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 11:00 KHAI 12:56 |
76 Km 01h 56m |
| 15 | 38501 HWH BCK LOCAL Daily |
HWH 11:28 KHAI 13:14 |
76 Km 01h 46m |
| 16 | 38713 HWH KGP LOCAL Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
HWH 11:55 KHAI 13:45 |
76 Km 01h 50m |
| 17 | 38817 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 12:15 KHAI 13:59 |
76 Km 01h 44m |
| 18 | 38717 HWH KGP LOCAL Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
HWH 12:58 KHAI 14:44 |
76 Km 01h 46m |
| 19 | 38819 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 13:30 KHAI 15:19 |
76 Km 01h 49m |
| 20 | 38719 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 14:10 KHAI 16:08 |
76 Km 01h 58m |
| 21 | 38821 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 16:00 KHAI 17:24 |
76 Km 01h 24m |
| 22 | 38721 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 16:30 KHAI 18:19 |
76 Km 01h 49m |
| 23 | 38823 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 17:20 KHAI 19:02 |
76 Km 01h 42m |
| 24 | 38827 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 18:35 KHAI 20:05 |
76 Km 01h 30m |
| 25 | 38723 HWH KGP MATRIBHOOMI LOCAL Daily |
HWH 18:45 KHAI 20:30 |
76 Km 01h 45m |
| 26 | 38829 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 19:38 KHAI 21:17 |
76 Km 01h 39m |
| 27 | 38831 HWH MDN LOCAL Daily |
HWH 20:15 KHAI 22:05 |
76 Km 01h 50m |
| 28 | 38725 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 20:48 KHAI 22:35 |
76 Km 01h 47m |
| 29 | 38727 HWH KGP LOCAL Daily |
HWH 21:35 KHAI 23:24 |
76 Km 01h 49m |
| 30 | 38709 SRC KGP LOCAL Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
SRC 11:00 KHAI 12:37 |
69 Km 01h 37m |
