Ballavpur

Ballavpur (বল্লভপুর Bollobhpur) is a village near Santiniketan, in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.

Ballavpur is on Suri–Bolpur Road, which begins at the Sriniketan More intersection near Santiniketan.

• 23.690487.64881 Kopai River (কোপাই Kōpāi). A picturesque river north and west of Santiniketan, which meets the Bakreshwar River in Labhpur. Several tourists gather at the riverside to take pictures and/or videos of the river. There are several resorts at the Kopai River as well.  (updated Aug 2022)
• 23.70387.6482 Museum of Santal Culture, Bishnubati. A private community museum, which documents the history of the Santal tribe. Most of the collections were donated by the local residents, and others sourced from the Santal-majority areas of Bankura and northeastern Jharkhand.  (updated Aug 2022)
• 23.689787.66483 Prakriti Bhavan (প্রকৃতি ভবন Prokriti Bhobon), Amar Kutir Rd, Kabi Mohanpur. 9AM–5PM daily. India's only nature art museum with an impressive indoor display of natural sculptures in driftwood, and dry wood and a sprawling open-air garden of natural rock sculptures. Set in the most picturesque part of Santiniketan it is an aesthetic manifestation of the legacy of Tagore's Santiniketan in linking people with nature through art, music and poetry.  (updated May 2023)

• 23.686187.64811 Amar Kutir (আমার কুটির Āmār Kuṭir). Many handicrafts like cloth, leather, batiks, hand-loomed fabrics and similar are available.  (updated May 2023)

• 23.683487.65751 Maharshi Niwas, ☏ +91 3463-202821. 10 AC double-bedded cottages ₹1050 per day per cottage.  

• 23.68328187.6499242 Rangabitan Tourism Property, ☏ +91 86979 84960. Run by West Bengal Tourism.  (updated Dec 2022)