West Bengal · Updated 2026-10-20
WhatsApp Business API for Halisahar's jute-product makers, mill suppliers and shops
Kumarhatta, Haveli Shahar, Halisahar: a river town that has changed its name and its trades, and kept its ghats.
Halisahar has been Kumarhatta, Haveli Shahar and, since at least Akbar's time, Halisahar. It was a poet-saint's town before it was a mill town, and a mill town before it was a suburban stop 42 km from Sealdah. Its businesses today carry a little of each.
For Halisahar's makers of jute products, the district's ODOP line, the suppliers to the mills at Hazinagar, shops near the station, the town's open stage and the stays that serve ashram visitors: which messages are replies and which need templates, Bengali templates, and the rupee cost of each.
See it work
From Kumarhatta to a suburban station
Scrub along the timeline to see how Halisahar's name and trades changed, and where its businesses stand now.
The timeline explains who a Halisahar business writes to. The mills that remain still buy stores and services; the district's jute-diversified-products line keeps the fibre in small workshops; and the station and ghats bring commuters and visitors who expect a quick answer.
Halisahar, from its old names to today
TodayNowEvent 9 of 9
A suburban stop on the Hooghly
Two jute mills still run; the station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line is 42 km from Sealdah, and ferries leave from two ghats.
Event 9 of 9: Today — A suburban stop on the Hooghly (now). Two jute mills still run; the station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line is 42 km from Sealdah, and ferries leave from two ghats.
Halisahar in seven lines
From the North 24 Parganas district administration, Eastern Railway and Invest India's ODOP list, with Wikipedia only for the town's history, mills and transport.
Halisahar is a municipality in the north of the Barrackpore subdivision, within the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority area; the Hooghly forms its western edge, Naihati and Kanchrapara, which was carved out of Halisahar in 1917, are neighbours, and Kalyani in Nadia lies to the north.[4],[5]
The town was earlier called Kumarhatta, was known as Haveli Shahar in the 13th century and appears as Halisahar in the Ain-i-Akbari; its municipality dates from 1903.[4]
Ramprasad Sen, the 18th-century Shakta poet, died here, and Rani Rashmoni, who founded the Dakshineswar temple, was born here; the Nigamananda Ashram is a landmark.[4]
Jute and paper mills came to the riverbank in the early 20th century; the Hukumchand Jute Mill at Hazinagar, founded in 1919, still runs, and two mills remain in operation.[4]
Eastern Railway lists stores depots at Halisahar and Kanchrapara for its Kanchrapara workshop.[2]
Halisahar station is on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line, 42 km from Sealdah; State Highway 1 passes through, and ferries run from the Dunlop Sahaganj and Paper Mill ghats.[4]
Invest India's ODOP list names steel furniture, jute diversified products and jewellery boxes as North 24 Parganas's products; the district has 27 municipalities.[3],[1]
Industries
Who in Halisahar messages customers
Four kinds of sender in a town of mills, a station and two ghats.
- 01
Jute-product workshops
Makers of bags and other diversified jute goods, the district's ODOP line, selling to shops and buyers who order from photos.[3]
On WhatsApp: Sample photos and prices in reply · Order and dispatch templates · New designs to buyers who opted in
- 02
Mill and depot suppliers
Firms supplying stores and services to the jute mills at Hazinagar and the riverside industry that remains.[4]
On WhatsApp: Quote replies to purchase staff · Delivery notes and invoices · Payment reminders
- 03
Shops near the station and ghats
Shops serving residents, commuters on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line and people coming over by ferry.[4]
On WhatsApp: Order-ready notices · Home-delivery updates · Festival offers to opted-in customers
- 04
Stages, stays and guides
Organisers who use the Halisahar Lok Sanskriti Bhaban open stage, and stays for visitors to the Nigamananda Ashram.[4]
On WhatsApp: Ticket confirmations · Show-day reminders · Room confirmations and directions
Bengali first, Hindi for the mill trade
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Keep each contact's language with their number and send the matching version of each template. Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in any language your staff write.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | bn | Residents, shoppers and visitors |
| Hindi | hi | Mill staff, suppliers and buyers who read Hindi |
| English (India) | en_IN | Invoices, purchase orders and online buyers |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Halisahar business pays per message
Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for each reply with photos or a quote, ₹0.19 for a dispatch note, invoice, ticket or room confirmation, ₹0.94 for new designs to buyers who opted in, and ₹0.14 for a login code.
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Per message to Halisahar · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A customer across the Hooghly or a buyer in Kolkata on a +91 number costs the same India rate. Invoices carry your West Bengal GSTIN.
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What a Halisahar business runs on InfiQ
The tools for a workshop, a supplier or a stage.
Nearby
Halisahar and the Hooghly towns on the map
City pages along the Hooghly and around Kolkata, nearest first.
Kanchrapara, carved out of Halisahar in 1917, has its own page about its railway township, and Chandannagar's page covers a town downstream on the far bank. The India guide covers DPDP consent across the country.
Guides for Halisahar teams
Questions Halisahar businesses ask
- Our Halisahar workshop makes jute bags, one of the district's ODOP lines. A buyer in Kolkata asks for samples. Can we send photos and prices in reply?
- Yes. The buyer's message opens a 24-hour window in which your staff can send photos, videos and prices with no template. Each reply is charged at ₹0.145, and the window restarts whenever the buyer writes again.
- We supply stores to the jute mills at Hazinagar in Halisahar. Can we send each mill its delivery note and invoice on WhatsApp?
- Yes, if the mill's purchase staff gave you the number for orders. Delivery notes and invoices for an order placed are utility templates at ₹0.19, approved once in English, Bengali or Hindi, and they need no opt-in to offers.
- We stage performances at the Halisahar Lok Sanskriti Bhaban. Can we send ticket confirmations and a reminder on the day of the show?
- Yes. A ticket confirmation and a show-day reminder for a booking already made are utility templates at ₹0.19. Keep notices about other shows out of them; those are marketing and go only to people who asked to hear about them.
- Visitors come to Halisahar for the Nigamananda Ashram and Ramprasad Sen's town. Can our guest house send room confirmations and directions from the station?
- Yes. A room confirmation, directions from Halisahar station and a reminder the day before are utility templates for a stay already booked, at ₹0.19. Replies while the visitor is still asking questions go at ₹0.145.
- Some of our customers live across the Hooghly and come over on the Paper Mill Ghat ferry. Do messages to them cost more than to customers in Halisahar?
- No. Meta charges by the recipient's country code, so every +91 number is billed at the India rate, on either bank of the river. Replies are ₹0.145 each and utility templates ₹0.19.
- Our sweet shop near Halisahar station wants to send festival offers to commuters who have bought from us. Is that allowed?
- Only to customers who agreed to receive offers, with a record of when and how. A purchase is not an opt-in. The offer goes as an approved marketing template at ₹0.94, with a way to opt out; ask for the yes at the counter.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]North 24 Parganas district: official website · District Administration, North 24 Parganas · read 2026-10-20
- [2]Eastern Railway: Kanchrapara workshop and stores depots · Eastern Railway, Indian Railways · read 2026-10-20
- [3]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-20
- [4]Halisahar (history, mills, institutions and transport only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-20
- [5]Kanchrapara (its 1917 separation from Halisahar only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-20
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