Haldia is an industrial port city in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[8] The community had lived in the mini Japanese township called Sataku (Japantown) for many years.

Haldia police station is located in Chinranjibpur, and covers an area of 98 km2 (38 sq mi) with a population of 65,000.

[citation needed] Indian coast guard DHQ 8 (Headquarters for West Bengal) is located at Haldia.

[citation needed] There is a hoverport to house four of the eighteen hovercraft belonging to the Indian Coast Guard.

Although summers are hot and humid, Kalbaishakhis provide a relief to the people, albeit killing some in the process.

[14] Haldia is connected to Kolkata by bus of South Bengal State Transport Corporation .

For long-distance trains, except one or two weekly for Delhi and Chennai, you have to go to either Mecheda, Howrah(near Kolkata) or Kharagpur.

A catamaran service used to operate from Kolkata to Haldia, but was withdrawn due to its high price and unpopularity among tourists.

The city has a few public and private wooden floor badminton courts and swimming pools- people come from various places to have their coaching in these arenas.