State Highway 5 (West Bengal)

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{{Infobox road
|country=IND
|state = West Bengal
|type=SH
|route=5
|alternate_name =
|maint =
|length_km = 376
|direction_a =
|terminus_a = [[Rupnarayanpur]]
|junction = [[National Highway 419 (India)|NH 419]] from terminus to Damda (in Purulia district) [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]] just after Rupnarayanpur [[Grand Trunk Road]] at Neamatpur Dishergarh-Maithon Road at Dishergarh [[State Highway 8 (West Bengal)|SH 8]] at Raghunathpur [[National Highway 314 (India)|NH 314]] at Goshala Morh, Purulia [[National Highway 18 (India)|NH 18]] (Will Cox Road) at Simulia-Dulmi [[State Highway 4 (West Bengal)|SH 4]] at Manbazar Bandwan-Mahulia Road at Bandwan [[State Highway 9 (West Bengal)|SH 9]] at Silda [[National Highway 49 (India)|NH 49]] from Lodhasuli to Kharagpur [[National Highway 16 (India)|NH 16]] at Belda [[State Highway 4 (West Bengal)|SH 4]] at Contai.
|direction_b =
|terminus_b = [[Junput]]
|districts= [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]], [[Purulia district|Purulia]], [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Jhargram district|Jhargram]], [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
| photo =Sarbari More To Garh Panchkot - Purulia (10).jpg
}}
'''State Highway 5 (West Bengal)''' is a [[State highways in India|state highway]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Route==
SH 5 originates from [[Rupnarayanpur]] and passes through [[Salanpur]], [[Neamatpur]], [[Dishergarh]], [[Par Beliya]], [[Raghunathpur, Purulia|Raghunathpur]], [[Bongabari]], [[Purulia]], [[Kenda, Purulia|Kenda]], [[Manbazar]], [[Bandwan]], [[Jhilimili]], [[Belpahari]], [[Silda, West Bengal|Silda]], [[Binpur]], [[Dahijuri]], [[Jhargram]], [[Lodhasuli]], [[Kharagpur]], [[Salua, Paschim Medinipur|Salua]], [[Keshiary]], [[Belda]], [[Dhaneswarpur]], [[Egra]], [[Contai]] and terminates at [[Junput]].<ref>Google maps</ref>

[[National Highway Authority of India]] or [[NHAI]] has proposed a new highway that will connect [[Jhargram]] with [[Dankuni]] via [[Jhilimili]], [[Mukutmanipur]], [[Simlapal]], [[Taldangra]], [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]], [[Jaypur, Bankura|Jaypur]], [[Kotulpur]], [[Arambag]], [[Champadanga]] & [[Chanditala]]. The new proposed National Highway will merge [[State Highway 2 (West Bengal)|SH 2]], [[State Highway 5 (West Bengal)|SH 5]] & [[State Highway 15 (West Bengal)|SH 15]] into a single route covering distance of {{convert |296|km|mi}}.

The total length of SH 5 is 376 km.<ref name=police>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php |title = List of State Highways in West Bengal | publisher= West Bengal Traffic Police | accessdate = 22 September 2016}}</ref>

Districts traversed by SH 5 are:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pwdwb.in/road/state_highway |title = Road - Highway | publisher= Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 30 November 2016}}</ref> 
Paschim Bardhaman district (0 - 22 km) Purulia district (22 – 183 km) Bankura district (183 – 186 km) Paschim Medinipur district (186 – 333 km) Purba Medinipur district (333 – 376 km)

==Road sections==
It is divided into different sections as follows:<ref name=police/><ref >{{cite web| url =http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/barddhman.html |title = Bardhaman Tehsil/ CD Block Map | publisher= Maps of India | accessdate = 22 September 2016}}</ref><ref >{{cite web| url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/puruliya.html |title = Purulia Tehsil/ CD Block Map | publisher= Maps of India | accessdate = 22 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/bankura.html |title = Bankura Tehsil/ CD Block Map | publisher= Maps of India | accessdate = 22 September 2016}}</ref><ref> {{cite web| url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/paschim-mednipur.html |title = Paschim Medinipur Tehsil/ CD Block | publisher= Maps of India | accessdate = 22 September 2016}}</ref><ref> {{cite web| url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/purba-mednipur.html |title = North 24 Parganas Tehsil/ CD Block | publisher= Maps of India | accessdate = 22 September 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Road Section ||District || CD Block ||Length (km)
|-
|Rupnayanpur-Neamatpur-Dishergarh||Paschim Bardhaman||[[Salanpur (community development block)|Salanpur]]||22
|-
|Dishergarh-Purulia||Paschim Bardhaman, Purulia||[[Neturia (community development block)|Neturia]], [[Raghunathpur I]], [[Para (community development block)|Para]], [[Purulia II]], [[Purulia I]]||68
|-
|Purulia-Manbazar||Purulia||[[Manbazar I]]||48
|-
|Manbazar-Bandwan-Kuilapal-Jhilimili||Purulia, Bankura||[[Manbazar II]], [[Bandwan (community development block)|Bandwan]] ||45
|-
|Jhilimili-Banspahari- Belpahari||Bankura|| [[Ranibandh (community development block)|Ranibandh]]|| 28
|-
|Belpahari-Narayanpur-Silda||Jhargram||[[Binpur II]]||11
|-
|Silda-Binpur-Dahijuri||Jhargram||[[Binpur I]]||24
|-
|Dahijuri-Lodhashuli-Kharagpur||Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur||[[Jhargram (community development block)|Jhargram]], [[Kharagpur I]]||25
|-
|Kharagpur-Keshiary||Paschim Medinipur||[[Keshiari]]||27
|-
|Keshiary-Belda||Paschim Medinipur||[[Narayangarh (community development block)|Narayangarh]]||13
|-
|Belda-Contai-Junput||Purba Medinipur||[[Egra I]], [[Egra II]], [[Contai I]], [[Contai II]]||65
|}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage-inline|Junput}}

{{Wikivoyage-inline|Jhargram}}

==See also==
*[[List of state highways in West Bengal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{National and State Highways in West Bengal}}

[[Category:State Highways in West Bengal]]

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