To get to Shankarpur by car from Kolkata one has to take the take the Second Hooghly Bridge then follow Kona expressway (a 4-lane road). At the Bombay Road crossing take a left turn. Follow Bombay Road (4-Lane road). Break at the A1 Plaza inside the Reliance petrol station. It would be to the left around 30-40 min drive time from the Kona Expressway-Bombay Road junction. Keep straight till you cross the Rupnarayan river (the bridge is 1-way and the river is wide). After you cross the river you will see the Kolaghat Thermal Power Station to your left. Immediately after the Power Station is a junction, turn left towards Tumluk You have now entered the Haldia Highway (NH41). Some of this road is 4 laned, but most of it is still a 2 lane road. Keep straight till you arrive at the Nandakumar crossing, you can identify it easily as the crossing has a wide round circle. Turn right at this crossing, you have now entered the Digha Road. Digha Road is a 2 lane road, the road is smooth but narrow and the buses drive at very high speed, so be extremely careful when overtaking. Follow Digha road, you will cross Narghat Bridge and pass through Chandipur, Bajkul, Heria and Kanthi (Contai). At Choddomile before Ramnagar take a left towards Shankarpur.
