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Door to door pet transport from Kolkata by road, from HWH by train, or from CCU by air. We plan the route, arrange the crate and papers, and pick your pet up from home.
No form to fill. Tell us your area in Kolkata, the destination city, your pet's breed and weight, and a rough date. You get a clear price on the call.
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Answer
Pet relocation from Kolkata costs about ₹12,000 to ₹55,000 for one pet. The final price depends on the destination, the travel mode, your pet's weight and whether a handler travels along. A short run like Kolkata to Ranchi and Jamshedpur sits at the lower end. A long haul to Mumbai sits at the top.
Kolkata is a branch city for us and the main gateway between eastern India and the north east. Howrah and Sealdah between them reach almost every part of the country by rail, which makes train travel unusually practical here.
From Kolkata we would drive Ranchi and Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar and Siliguri and Bagdogra, put Patna, Raipur, Visakhapatnam, Guwahati, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai on a train.
Our Kolkata team picks up from Salt Lake, New Town, Rajarhat, Ballygunge and everywhere else in the city, and covers West Bengal.
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| Detail | What applies in Kolkata |
|---|---|
| Areas covered | Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal |
| Airport | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU), Dum Dum, about 17 km from the city |
| Railway stations used | Howrah Junction (HWH), Sealdah (SDAH), Shalimar (SHM), Kolkata (Chitpur) (KOAA) |
| Highways used for road moves | NH 16 towards Bhubaneswar and Chennai, NH 19 towards Durgapur and Delhi, and NH 12 towards Siliguri and the north east |
| Breeds we move most from here | Indies, Labradors, Golden Retrievers, Spitz, Dachshunds, Pugs and Persian cats |
| Seasonal note | Summer humidity is heavy from April to June and the monsoon runs July to September. We plan early pickups in summer and keep buffer time during the rains. |
Pricing
These are the average pet relocation charges from Kolkata for the routes we handle most often, for one pet including handling and coordination. Your exact quote depends on your pet's weight, the crate, the pickup area and the travel date.
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| Route from Kolkata | Distance | By road | By train | By air | We usually suggest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata to Ranchi and Jamshedpur | 400 km | On request | On request | On request | Road |
| Kolkata to Bhubaneswar | 440 km | On request | On request | On request | Road |
| Kolkata to Siliguri and Bagdogra | 570 km | On request | On request | On request | Road |
| Kolkata to Patna | 580 km | On request | On request | On request | Train |
| Kolkata to Raipur | 750 km | On request | On request | On request | Train |
| Kolkata to Visakhapatnam | 880 km | On request | On request | On request | Train |
| Kolkata to Guwahati | 1,000 km | On request | ₹12k to ₹20k | On request | Train |
| Kolkata to Delhi NCR | 1,500 km | ₹20k to ₹25k | ₹14k to ₹25k | ₹17k to ₹48k | Train |
| Kolkata to Chennai | 1,660 km | ₹20k to ₹30k | ₹15k to ₹25k | ₹17k to ₹48k | Train |
| Kolkata to Bangalore | 1,870 km | ₹20k to ₹25k | ₹16k to ₹27k | ₹20k to ₹55k | Train |
| Kolkata to Mumbai | 1,960 km | ₹20k to ₹25k | ₹16k to ₹27k | ₹20k to ₹55k | Train |
Prices are rough ranges for one pet and include handling and our coordinator. Crates, extra handlers and premium add ons are quoted separately. Routes marked On request depend on live airline or railway availability on your date.
What moves these numbers: distance, weight, how many pets travel and who supplies the crate.
Pick your route and mode to see the rough range, then confirm the exact figure with our team on a two minute call.
Choosing a mode
The routes we run from Kolkata range from Ranchi and Jamshedpur at about 400 km to Mumbai at about 1,960 km. That spread is why the answer is not the same for every move out of this city.
Ranchi and Jamshedpur, about 400 km on NH 16, is the run our Kolkata drivers do most often. A comfortable single day drive.
We board at Howrah Junction (HWH) or Sealdah (SDAH) and handle the parcel office paperwork there. On Patna, about 580 km, this is usually the best value of the three modes.
Flights leave from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) at Dum Dum, which is about 17 km from the city, so the run to the cargo terminal is part of the plan rather than an afterthought. Our longest regular route, Mumbai at about 1,960 km, is the one where people ask about it most.
Crate sizes, coupe bookings and airline rules are the same wherever you move from. They are set out on the road, train and air guides.
Answer three quick questions and we will tell you which mode we would recommend on your route, and why.
Popular routes
The two shortest and the two longest runs from Kolkata, which is where the advice changes most. Journey times below are door to door, with a break every two hours on road.
Delivered to the door anywhere in Ranchi.
What we suggest. A comfortable single day drive.
Delivered to the door anywhere in Bhubaneswar.
What we suggest. One easy day down NH 16, or a short train run.
Arrives at KSR Bengaluru City (SBC), then a road leg to the door.
What we suggest. Train balances cost and comfort, air saves two days.
Arrives at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), then a road leg to the door.
What we suggest. Long haul where train or air both work.
Planning around Kolkata
Summer humidity is heavy from April to June and the monsoon runs July to September. We plan early pickups in summer and keep buffer time during the rains.
What we do. We load in the early morning, cool the vehicle before your pet goes in, and stop for water more often than we would in winter. For flights we check the airline's summer rules on live animals for your date before we book.
Summer humidity is heavy from April to June and the monsoon runs July to September. We plan early pickups in summer and keep buffer time during the rains.
What we do. We keep a spare day either side of a monsoon booking and hold a backup road route, so a slow day does not turn into a missed handover.
On top of the standard pre travel checklist, these apply here.
Dogs
The dogs we are asked about most in Kolkata are Indies, Labradors, Golden Retrievers, Spitz, Dachshunds. Large breeds do best by road, where there is no crate size limit and no cargo hold. Pugs are common here and we keep them off flights where we can, because several airlines will not carry a snub nosed dog at all.
Distances from Kolkata are long enough that a lot of dog moves here go by train or air. Mumbai at about 1,960 km works out at roughly 38 hours of driving, which is more than most dogs should do in one go.
Cats
Persian cats make up most of the cat moves we run out of Kolkata. Flat faced cats feel the Kolkata summer the way snub nosed dogs do, so their pickups move to the early morning too.
Ranchi and Jamshedpur at about 400 km goes by road. For the Mumbai run we board at Howrah Junction (HWH), in a first AC coupe or in 2nd and 3rd AC with a handler alongside.
Pickup and delivery
Our Kolkata ground team picks up and delivers across the whole city and the outer belt. If your area is not on this list, it is almost certainly still covered, so just ask.
Paperwork and process
Vaccination record, a vet fitness certificate dated within 72 hours, and your ID. No NOC and no titer test anywhere inside India. Full document table, process and checklist.
Reviews
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Tell us the destination, your pet's breed and weight, and a rough date. You will get an honest recommendation and a clear price on the same call, with no form to fill in.
Questions people ask
Pet relocation from Kolkata costs roughly ₹12,000 to ₹55,000 for one pet, depending on the destination, travel mode and your pet's weight. A short run such as Kolkata to Ranchi and Jamshedpur sits at the lower end, a long haul to Mumbai at the top.
From Kolkata it depends on how far you are going. Ranchi and Jamshedpur at about 400 km is a road job. Mumbai at about 1,960 km is where a first AC coupe or a flight starts to make sense.
Large and snub nosed breeds lean towards road either way, whatever the distance says.
Yes. Indian Railways allows a dog to travel as registered luggage in the brake van, booked through the parcel office at Howrah Junction (HWH) and Sealdah (SDAH). We do the booking and the boarding.
The brake van gets warm, so from Kolkata we prefer a handler in a first AC coupe for anxious, senior and flat faced dogs. In summer here we will usually say no to the brake van outright.
Summer humidity is heavy from April to June and the monsoon runs July to September. We plan early pickups in summer and keep buffer time during the rains. We do not refuse summer moves, but we change how they run: pickups shift to early morning, the vehicle is cooled before loading, and water stops come closer together.
For air travel in peak summer, airlines apply their own heat rules on live animals. We check that for your date before booking rather than after.
Summer humidity is heavy from April to June and the monsoon runs July to September. We plan early pickups in summer and keep buffer time during the rains. We build slack into monsoon journeys instead of promising tight arrival times, and we keep a backup route ready on road moves.
1,960 km, so about 4 nights on the highway if you drive it. We would put your pet on a train from HWH instead, roughly 33 hours. Long haul where train or air both work.
Yes, for most healthy pets. The risk is not the flight, it is the ground time before loading and after landing, which is where our team stays with your pet at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, about 17 km out at Dum Dum.
Airlines here stop carrying live animals on the hottest days, so a summer date from CCU needs checking before anything is booked.
Three to five days for road and seven to ten for air. Train needs ten to twenty, because a first AC coupe out of HWH is the tightest thing to get hold of. In May, June and late December, add another week.
People in Kolkata search for pet courier, pet parcel, pet movers and pet shifting, and usually mean the same thing. We do all of it under one service.
Courier is the word worth being careful about. Your pet never goes into a general goods network. On a Kolkata to Ranchi and Jamshedpur run that means one named handler from your door to theirs.
The whole city including Salt Lake, New Town, Rajarhat, with pickup from your door. On air moves we handle the run to the cargo terminal, which is about 17 km from the city.
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