State Highway 5 (West Bengal)
# State Highway 5 (West Bengal)

State Highway 5 (West Bengal) is a state highway in West Bengal, India.

## Route

SH 5 originates from Rupnarayanpur and passes through Salanpur, Neamatpur, Dishergarh, Par Beliya, Raghunathpur, Bongabari, Purulia, Kenda, Manbazar, Bandwan, Jhilimili, Belpahari, Silda, Binpur, Dahijuri, Jhargram, Lodhasuli, Kharagpur, Salua, Keshiary, Belda, Dhaneswarpur, Egra, Contai and terminates at Junput.

National Highway Authority of India or NHAI has proposed a new highway that will connect Jhargram with Dankuni via Jhilimili, Mukutmanipur, Simlapal, Taldangra, Bishnupur, Jaypur, Kotulpur, Arambag, Champadanga & Chanditala. The new proposed National Highway will merge SH 2, SH 5 & SH 15 into a single route covering distance of 296 kilometres (184 mi).

The total length of SH 5 is 376 km.

Districts traversed by SH 5 are: 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:

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