Ghatal is a town and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.

Ghatal was famous for manufacturing of cotton goods, tussar silk, bell metal utensils etc., and the Dutch had a factory here.

Also, one cement bridge is constructed on the main pitch road or State Highway 4 passing through Chandrakona Town, Ghatal, Daspur, and Mechogram.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.

[12][13] Ghatal is well connected by roads and highways with nearby cities like Kolkata, Howrah, Midnapore, Kanthi, Digha, Burdwan, Bankura.

For local transportation buses (both state and private), minibusses, tempos and cycle-rickshaws are available.

Affiliated with the Vidyasagar University, it offers honors courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, English, Political Science, Philosophy, History, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Zoology, Botany, Geography, Economics, and Accountancy; post graduate courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, and Mathematics, and general courses in arts, science, and commerce.

[14] Ghatal Government Polytechnic, established in 2016, offers diploma courses in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering.

This ITI college is located at Birsingha (Birth place of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar).

Ghatal Vidyasagar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1886.

[16] Ghatal Yogoda Satsanga Sri Yukteswar Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1958.

[17] The common people of this area maintained a culture something different from other parts of the district in conducting and observing their way of work in rituals and customs.

For example, the people celebrating the worship of Maa Sitala Buri and other Maa Sitalas in an around Ghatal Town used to carry hundreds of dhaks in procession and arrange open operas acting on the stage dragged and pushed by the men on pitch road running through the town.

Many people of Ghatal town and its neighbouring blocks take part in the Sishu Mela.

The largest Thakur Anukul Chandra temple of West Bengal is situated on the bank of Shilabati River which is 1.5 km (1 mi) away from Ghatal Vidyasagar Setu.

Every day a huge number of people go to the temple to worship GOD, spend some great time with their families, and enjoy the silence with beautiful greenery on the banks of the river Shilabati.