Bolpur-Santiniketan is a municipality and subdivision head querter in Birbhum District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is 145km north of Kolkata and is best known for its proximity to Visva Bharati, the university set up by the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Given its proximity to Santiniketan and Sriniketan, it is one of the seats of culture and education in West Bengal.