Langcha Bhaban, Langcha Bhuban, Langcha Niketan, Langcha Mahal… Dham, Home, Hall, House — this is langcha land and you just can’t miss it. Saktigarh in Burdwan district, some 80km from Calcutta, is synonymous with the elongated fried syrupy sweet called langcha. And whether you love your langcha or lump it, if you are travelling down National Highway 2 — Delhi Road to most — Saktigarh is your stopover. The langcha is said to have originated in Saktigarh, in the hands of a novice called Khudiram Dutta, who went on to establish Langcha Mahal. The sweet made Saktigarh famous, particularly after a crippled (langra or langcha in Bengali) British officer fell in love with it, or so goes the local lore. Today, the langcha has given the town quite a leg-up. That’s because, even though every shop grandly announces “Saktigarh’s traditional and authentic langcha”, the place where all cars, tin buses, swanky Volvos and trucks and lorries stop for a breather and a bite is not Saktigarh. It is Amra, a five-minute drive from Saktigarh. The shops also sell Burdwan’s famed white Sitabhog and yellow mihidana. Many stock monda (also called monda mithai), malpua, makha sandesh and milk cake as well. Sweets apart, the shops dish out copious amounts of shingara, kochuri, tea, coffee, cold drinks and packaged chips. At Adi Langcha Bhaban, longish packets of Oreo cookies share shelf space with the lomba langcha. Sadek has opened a fast-food stall just beside his sweet shop, selling packaged savouries and bottled drinks. The langcha may be going strong, selling over 3,000 pieces in some shops even on lean days, but there are some murmurs of discontent.

Good place but the proudenss of sweet name lancha is no more. The taste of sweet are gone. Bad manufacturing waset of money..

West Bengal is the only place in India where only langchar originates...Such high quality delicious langcha is not available anywhere in India...Shaktigarh is famous only for langcha in India...It is on the right side of the road from Calcutta to Delhi....

Breakfast is tasty but bathroom is horribly dirty. Go for fresh make food items. Parking available. Shopkeeper stays unhygienic happily with his novice customers.Do not attempt to grab the red ones in this shop.

Between long rides in express way it's a place to rest and take some breakfast or tiffin. The place is famous for the sweets called Lancha and it tests very good.

Shaktigarh is a hub of langcha, Bardhaman district. There are so many places for lancha sweet ,so this is just a single shop you can buy here or any other place, no problem. Actually if you are travelling on bus (Kolkata/Asansol) then it will not depend on you it will depend on bus driver or conductor .

Overall nice place to take some break while going for a long trip. But the main attraction of this place i.e. Langcha sweets is not up to the mark. Very few ( 2-3 ) vendors are able to maintain the original taste and quality. Rest of the shops are running only on hype basis.

Very good langcha sweet is available but chana cube sweet is too good

A good place to pick up some langcha. Try the one with 'khir' as it's the best. Have picked up langcha many times from here and didn't find any quality issues so far and the quality is better than some of the shops nereby.

Most unprofessional shops I ever have seen in my life. They have contract with the bus drivers and conductors. If you bus gives a stop in this shop, smartly move to the next shop if you really want take your food on time. All shops are having more or less same type of sweet as per quality. So don't waste your time for finding the original one.

Loved the Langcha, Mihidana, Sita hog and Chanapora here. Try them once in case you happen to pass by this place.

Famous lancha is available here, very tasty offcourse sweet, too much sweet. It's a misti hub of Bengal. Very good experience

Various types of food are available here. A variety of sweet specials like langcha, mihidana, sitabhog, also singara, kuchuri, chai are available. Also jhalmuri, chips etc. But let's say one thing, no matter how much it is said that Shaktigarh's famous langcha, but the langchas of the shops here are not that good at all.

Good place considering a bus stoppage point... Just one thing I suffered with is that there are no UPI payment accepting shops... Please try to update... We're living in the 21st century...

This place is famous for langcha but their mihidana, chanapoda and sitabhog are quite good as well. A number of shops are there but it's difficult to choose which one serves the best of which variety. Overall I like this place very much.

Not the place that you want to stop unless compelled too,, Quality has deteriorated much .... With price inflated and overhyped lancha,, Not a kid - friendly place... No special provisions for the elderly and differently-abled .... You have to wait for half-an-hour for your hot "luchi and cholar daal" 👎... So, please improve your quality so that I can give 5☀️ to Shaktigarh , the place I once loved so much !!

It has lost that old charm. Previously the quality of the sweets were awesome. Nowadays you won't get that taste of quality in the sweets.

Niche please to buy authentic lancha , Bengali Langcha Recipe is one of the popular sweet recipes native to West Bengal. Especially, Durga Puja is incomplete without a plethora of sweet and savoury recipes and the Langcha is one of these. In West Bengal district of Bardhaman a town called Shaktigarh is famous for this sweet. Generally we need to make cottage cheese out of milk and then the cottage cheese dough shaped into oblong and then deep fried in ghee or oil until golden brown before being dunked into sugar syrup. This Langcha that I have made is a shortcut recipe; instead of cottage cheese, I have used milk, mawa, milk powder, semolina, and all purpose flour to make this dish though it tastes the same as its counterpart from traditional sweet stall. Cuisine: Bengali Recipes Course: Dessert Diet: Vegetarian

Our quintessential breakfast place while on our way to Durgapur, Asansol. They serve the best kochuri dal in Shaktigarh. Along with the ever so popular langcha, mihidana or Sita bhog whichevery you prefer

Nothing fancy juz a breather on the way. You ll find variety of sweets that Shaktigarh is known for. Vendors sell bread toast, masala puffed rice and chips n biscuits around the shop. Washroom available.

1. Kind of a permanent stop for all kind of buses for a break. 2. Famous for the may be - geo tagged lancha. 3. Ok for usage of restroom - only if urgent. 4. Separate Ladies washroom 5. Decent sweet shop. 6. Hygiene - leave it 7. Reasonable rates 8. Mostly open 9. Good packaging 10. Dine in available

Don't take langcha with 20 rupees of each price . They are not worth it, they do not have khir as the price. You can taste 10 rs each langcha it was quite good. Btw i have heard that their sita vog and mihi dana are not so much exciting but you can check as per your pocket suggest you to do so. Thank you.

There are so many places for lancha sweet ,so this is just a single shop you can buy here or any other place, no problem. Actually if you are travelling on bus then it will not depend on you it will depend on bus driver or conductor

Good place but sanitation is just bizarre! You can even get infections and disease if you're going to their washroom. Rest everything is 💯