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Visva-Bharati is ensconced in a rural setting in the district of Birbhum, about 160 km by road from Kolkata. The nearest railway station is Bolpur (Santiniketan) on the Eastern Railway and the air- terminal is Kolkata Airport. The University campus at Santiniketan, about 3 km from the railway station can be reached in a little over two hours from Kolkata by train. By train it is about 146 km. The University has two campuses, one at Santiniketan and the other at Sriniketan, which is about 3 km from Santiniketan. The institutional buildings and departments are distributed among them.
Placed on the fringe of the Chhotanagpur plateau, Santiniketan has a hot dry summer followed by rains from July to September with and average rainfall of 140 cm and a short bracing winter. The maximum temperature in summer exceeds 40ºC and the minimum in winter is about 10ºC.
The University has four guest houses with catering arrangements of their own.
These are open to guests of the University, relations of students and visitors but accommodation has to be applied for in advance. Particulars about charges and other information may be obtained from the Public Relations Officer, Visva-Bharati.