He spent his childhood and adolescence in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna District, which was his father's workplace.

[5] Among the most respected names in contemporary Bengali literature, Ghosh was one of the ‘Pancha Pandavas’— along with Shakti Chattopadhyay, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Binoy Majumdar and Utpal Kumar Basu — who gave a new identity to the Bengali literary world.

Ghosh was a member of the Social Network for Assistance to People (informally Association SNAP) that published a ground-breaking survey in 2014 that revealed the extent of poverty among the Muslim community of West Bengal.

‘Days and Nights’, ‘Babar’s Prayer’, ‘Face Covered in Advertisement’, ‘Gandharva Poems’ are his notable books of poetry.Although Shankha Ghosh was initially known as a 'poet', his prose works are numerous.

‘Words and Truth’, ‘Urvashir Hasi’, ‘Ahan Sab Alik’ are his other notable prose works.

On the one hand, that mind is always aware of the repercussions of all the socio-political events of the day.Ghosh's sensitive poetry roared against any unjust injustice in the society.

The people of the lower classes, the poor can get the poetry of Shankha Ghosh as a companion to their daily suffering.

Shankha Ghosh work identifies inequality of society, lack of justice with his infallible poems.

Prati praśnē jēgē ōṭhē bhiṭē [ প্রতি প্রশ্নে জেগে ওঠে ভিটে](2012) 29.Bahus Various stabdha paṛē āchē[বহুস্বর স্তব্ধ পড়ে আছে ] (2014) 30.prēmēra kabitā [প্রেমের কবিতা ](2014) 31 .

śaṅkha ghōṣēra kabitāsaṅgraha[শঙ্খ ঘোষের কবিতাসংগ্রহ ] (2015) 32. śuni nīraba ciṯkāra[ শুনি নীরব চিৎকার ] (2015) 33. ē'ō ēka byathā upaśama [এও এক ব্যথা উপশম ](2017) Prose 1. kālēra mātrā ō rabīndranāṭak [ কালের মাত্রা ও রবীন্দ্রনাটকএ](1969) 2. niḥśabdēra tarjanī[ নিঃশব্দের তর্জনী ] (1971)