Almost. Every city in West Bengal prices against the same national bullion benchmark, which is anchored to the Kolkata market. Rates in Durgapur, Asansol, Howrah, Bankura or Bolpur typically sit within a few rupees per gram of each other, and the small gaps come from local dealer margin and demand rather than from a different gold price.
Live Market Rates · West Bengal
Gold Rate Today in West Bengal
Live 22K, 24K and 18K gold rates per gram and per 10 gram, updated from the market with a timestamp. Pick your city below for the local rate plus how gold is actually bought and sold there — across West Bengal and the neighbouring Jharkhand coal belt.
Gold Rate Today by City
Fourteen cities, each with its own live rate panel and local market detail — thirteen across West Bengal, plus Dhanbad just over the Jharkhand border.
Gold Rate Today in DurgapurOur home city — City Centre, DurgapurPaschim Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in AsansolAsansol, Paschim BardhamanPaschim Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in BankuraBankura, West BengalBankura district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in PuruliyaPuruliya, West BengalPurulia district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in KolkataKolkata, West BengalKolkata district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in KalnaAmbika Kalna, Purba BardhamanPurba Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in KatwaKatwa, Purba BardhamanPurba Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in KultiKulti, Paschim BardhamanPaschim Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in BolpurBolpur–Santiniketan, BirbhumBirbhum district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in HowrahHowrah, West BengalHowrah district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in NabadwipNabadwip Dham, NadiaNadia district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in BardhamanBardhaman Town, Purba BardhamanPurba Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in RaniganjRaniganj, Paschim BardhamanPaschim Bardhaman district · 22K · 24K · 18KGold Rate Today in DhanbadDhanbad, JharkhandDhanbad district · Jharkhand · 22K · 24K · 18K
Why Gold Rates Are Nearly Identical Across West Bengal
There is no separate gold price for Asansol, Bankura or Nabadwip. Every city in the state prices against the same national bullion benchmark, anchored to the Kolkata market— which hosts eastern India’s bullion trade and the Bowbazar wholesale cluster that supplies jewellery across the region.
What genuinely differs between towns is the dealer margin and local demand, usually worth a few rupees per gram. A quote that sits well below the live rate is not reflecting a different city price — it is reflecting deductions.
This matters when you sell. If a buyer in one town quotes noticeably less than another, ask for the four figures behind the offer rather than accepting that “rates are lower here”.
The Rate Is Not the Payout
The quoted gold rate values pure gold content. Your ornament is an alloy, often carrying stones, lac, thread or clasps that weigh something and are worth nothing. Every honest old-gold valuation establishes four things:
- Tested purity — the actual carat, not the stamped one
- Net gold weight — gross weight minus stones and non-gold parts
- Applicable buying rate — the live rate the offer is priced on
- Deductions — stated openly, not discovered at the end
Purity × Net Gold Weight × Applicable Buying Rate = Gold Value. Use the gold calculator to set your own expectation, and read how to get the best price for your gold before you visit any buyer.
FAQ
Gold Rate in West Bengal — Frequently Asked Questions
Kolkata. It hosts eastern India’s bullion trade and the Bowbazar wholesale and karigar cluster that supplies jewellery across the region, so the Kolkata quote is the reference other West Bengal towns price against.
Because it follows international gold prices, the USD–INR exchange rate, import duty and bullion market conditions — all of which move continuously through trading hours. Outside market hours the most recent closing rate carries over, which is why every rate panel here shows a last-updated timestamp.
24K is 99.9% pure and used for coins and bars. 22K is 91.6% pure — sold as 916 or hallmark gold — and is the standard for Indian jewellery. 18K is 75% pure and used for lighter and stone-set pieces. Because each holds a different proportion of pure gold, each carries a different per-gram rate.
No. The quoted rate values pure gold content. Your ornament is an alloy, often with stones, lac, thread or clasps that weigh something and are worth nothing. A real valuation is tested purity × net gold weight × applicable buying rate, with any deductions stated openly.
Ask each buyer for four figures: tested purity, net gold weight after deductions, the buying rate applied, and any deductions taken. A high advertised rate paired with an optimistic weight deduction pays less than an honest rate with an honest weight — so comparing headline rates alone is not a comparison at all.
Durgapur, Kolkata, Howrah, Bardhaman, Asansol, Raniganj, Kulti, Bankura, Puruliya, Bolpur, Kalna, Katwa and Nabadwip across West Bengal, plus Dhanbad in Jharkhand. Each page carries the live 22K, 24K and 18K rate for that city along with local detail on how gold is bought and sold there.
The underlying international gold price is identical — it does not stop at a state line. What can differ between a Dhanbad quote and an Asansol or Durgapur one is state-level applicable taxes and dealer margin. So compare cross-border offers on final payout rather than treating a gap as evidence of a different gold price.
The live rate panel fetches the latest market rate each time a page loads and displays the timestamp of that update. Rates reflect current market movement during trading hours.