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Serampore Srirampore Sreerampur
City
Nickname: Frederiknagore (1755 to 1845)
SeramporeLocation in West Bengal, IndiaShow map of West BengalSeramporeSerampore (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°45′N 88°20′E / 22.75°N 88.34°E / 22.75; 88.34
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Burdwan
District	Hooghly
Founded by	Danish
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Serampore Municipality
• Chair Person	Giridhari Saha (AITC)
• MP	Kalyan Banerjee (AITC)
• MLA	Dr. Sudipto Roy (AITC) and Arindam Guin (AITC)
Area
• Total	11.60 km (4.48 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population
• Total	181,842
• Density	16,000/km (41,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	712201 to 7122**
Telephone code	+91 33
Vehicle registration	WB 15, WB 16, WB 17, WB 18
Sex ratio	941 females/1000 males ♂/♀
Literacy Rate	88.73%
Lok Sabha constituency	Srerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Sreerampur and Champdani
Website	www.seramporemunicipality.net.in//

Serampore (also called Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur or Shrirampore) is a city in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Srirampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is a pre-colonial city on the west bank of the Hooghly River. It was part of Danish India under the name Frederiknagore from 1755 to 1845.

Geography

Location

Serampore is located at 22°45′N 88°20′E / 22.75°N 88.34°E / 22.75; 88.34.

The area consists of flat alluvial plains, that form a part of the Gangetic Delta. This belt is highly industrialised.

Police stations

Serampore police station has jurisdiction over Serampore and Baidyabati Municipal areas, and parts of Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block. Serampore Women police station has been set up.

Urbanisation

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Dankuni Municipality, Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Rishra Municipality, Serampore Municipality and Baidyabati Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in the map alongside) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns in the last 3 CD Blocks are shown in a separate map). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full-screen map.

Climate

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Serampore had a population of 181,842. Males constituted 51.55% of the population and females 48.45%. It had an average literacy rate of 88.73%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy was 92.75% and female literacy 87.05%; 7% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following Municipalities and Census Towns in Hooghly district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Bansberia (M), Hugli-Chinsurah (M), Bara Khejuria (Out Growth), Shankhanagar (CT), Amodghata (CT), Chak Bansberia (CT), Naldanga (CT), Kodalia (CT), Kulihanda (CT), Simla (CT), Dharmapur (CT), Bhadreswar (M), Champdani (M), Chandannagar (M Corp.), Baidyabati (M), Serampore (M), Rishra (M), Rishra (CT), Bamunari (CT), Dakshin Rajyadharpur (CT), Nabagram Colony (CT), Konnagar (M), Uttarpara Kotrung (M), Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni) (CT), Kanaipur (CT) and Keota (CT).

Education

• Serampore College
• Pearl Rosary School - Mahesh ( WBBSE, WBCHSE)
• Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology
• Serampore Union Institution
• Serampore Girls' College
• Mahesh Sri Ramkrishna Ashram Vidyalaya (Higher Secondary)
• Serampore Girl's High School (Akna Girl's High School)
• Chatra Nandalal Institution
• Serampore Mission Girls High School
• Malina Lahiri Boy's Academy
• Holy Home School
• West Point Academy
• Gospel Home school
• Pearl Rosary school (West Chatra)
• Kidzee
• Bangla High School
• Ballavpur High School
• Mahesh high School
• Mahesh Banga Vidyalaya
• Ramesh Chandra Girl's High School
• Rajyadharpur Netaji Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya
• Parameshwari Girl's High School
• Nabagram K D Paul Vidyalaya
• Chatra Bani Balika Vidyalaya
• Anjuman.n.c.l.project School
• Aurobindo N.c.l.p School
• Bharati Balika Pry. School
• Fatema Girls Jr. High School
• Gopinath Saha Pry. School
• Mission Girls High School
• Nayabasti Sree Shiva Jr High School
• Saraswati.n.c.l.p Special School
• Viswanath Vidyamandir
• Prabash Nagar G.s.f.p.
• Mallickpara Municipal Free Pry

See also

• Rathayatra of Mahesh
• Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Serampore College
• Senate of Serampore College (University)
• Serampore Town Railway Station
• Srirampore subdivision
• Serampore Mission Press
• Hannah Marshman
• William Carey
• Joshua Marshman
• Willam Ward
• Serampore Trio
• Sheoraphuli Raj Debuttar Estate
• Sheoraphuli
• Sheoraphuli railway station
• St. Olav's Church, Serampore

References

1. Serampore as Frederiknagore hooghlyheritage.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021
2. "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
3. "District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Physiography, Page 17–24. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
4. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
5. "Hooghly District Police". West Bengal Police. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
6. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
7. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
8. "City Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
9. "Census of India 2011: Serampore City Census 2011 data". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
10. "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

• JNNURM of West Bengal
• WorldStatesmen- India
• Rotary Club of Serampore

v t e Cities, towns and locations in Srirampore subdivision
Cities, municipal, census towns and villages	Municipality in Srirampore subdivision Serampore Uttarpara Kotrung Konnagar Rishra Dankuni Baidyabati Chanditalal–I C D block Akuni Alipur Anantarampur Aniya Aushbati Azabnagar Bade Sola Baghati Ban Panchbere Banamalipur Bandpur Banipur Bankrishnapur Bara Choughara Bhadua Bhagabatipur Chak Bangla Chak Tajpur Chota Choughara Dudhkalmi Dudhkanra Dudhkomra Ganeshpur Gangadharpur Gopalpur Haripur Ichhapasar Jagmohanpur Jalamadul Jangalpara Jiara Kalyanbati Kanaidanga Krishnanagar Krishnarampur Kumirmora Madhupur Malipukur Mamudpur Manirampur Masat Metekhal Mukundapur Nababpur Pakur Paschim Tajpur Patul Radhaballabhpur Raghunathpur Ramanathpur Sadpur Sandhipur Sehakhala Shyamsundarpur Singjor Suchiya Chanditala–II C D block Adan Baksa Bamandanga Bankagachha Barijhati Begampur Beledanga Benipur Chanditala Chikrand Danpatipur Duttapur Eklakhi Garalgachha Gokulpur Jagannathbati Janai Jaykrishnapur Kalachhara Kapashanria Khanpur Kharsarai Khoragari Krishnapur Madhabpur Makhalpara Monoharpur Mrigala Naiti Okardaha Pairagachha Panchghara Purba Tajpur Sahana Sanka Thero Tisa Jangipara C D block Antpur Furfura Sharif Jangipara Rajbalhat Sreerampur Uttarpara C D block Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni) Dakshin Rajyadharpur Kanaipur Nabagram Colony
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v t e Cities, towns and locations in Hooghly district
Cities, municipalities and census towns	Chinsurah subdivision Alikhoja Amodghata Badhagachhi Bansberia Batika Chak Bansberia Dharmapur Hansghara Hugli-Chuchura Jirat Keota Kodalia Kola Kulihanda Mirdhanga Madhusudanpur Manushpur Naldanga Namajgram Pandua Purusattompur Raghunathpur (PS-Magra) Shankhanagar Simla Sripur Chandannagore subdivision Balarambati Bargachhia Baruipara Bhadreswar Borai Champdani Chandannagar Jagatnagar Nasibpur Singur Tarakeswar Srirampore subdivision Baidyabati Baksa Bamunari Barijhati Basai Begampur Belumilki Bhagabatipur Chikrand Dakshin Rajyadharpur Dankuni Dudhkalmi Gangadharpur Garalgachha Janai Jangalpara Jaykrishnapur Kanaipur Kapashanria Kharsarai Konnagar Krishnapur Kumirmora Manirampur Masat Nababpur Nabagram Colony Naiti Nawapara Pairagachha Panchghara Purba Tajpur Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni) Rajbalhat Ramanathpur Rishra Rishra (CT) Serampore Tisa Uttarpara Arambag subdivision Arambag
Locations other than cities and towns	Chinsurah subdivision Balagarh Barun Napara Boinchi Dadpur Debanandapur Dhaniakhali Guptipara Gurap Itachuna Maheswarpur Mogra Polba Saptagram (historical) Saptagram (modern) Sugandha Tribeni Chandannagore subdivision Anandanagar Bajemelia Bandel Beraberi Champadanga Dwarhatta Gondalpara Gopalnagar Haripal Jejur Srirampore subdivision Adan Akuni Alipur Anantarampur Aniya Antpur Aushbati Azabnagar Bade Sola Baghati Bamandanga Ban Panchbere Banamalipur Bandpur Banipur Bankagachha Bankrishnapur Bara Choughara Beledanga Benipur Bhadua Chak Bangla Chak Tajpur Chanditala Chota Choughara Danpatipur Dudhkanra Dudhkomra Duttapur Eklakhi Furfura Sharif Ganeshpur Gopalpur Gokulpur Haripur Ichhapasar Jagannathbati Jagmohanpur Jalamadul Jangipara Jiara Kalachhara Kalyanbati Kanaidanga Khanpur Khoragari Kotalpur Krishnanagar Krishnarampur Madhabpur Madhupur Makhalpara Malipukur Mamudpur Metekhal Monoharpur Mrigala Mukundapur Okardaha Pakur Paschim Tajpur Patul Radhaballabhpur Raghunathpur Sadpur Sahana Sandhipur Sanka Sehakhala Shyamsundarpur Singjor Suchiya Thero Arambag subdivision Badanganj Bali Dewanganj Bengai Bhalia Dihi Bayara Fului Gar Mandaran Ghol Digrui Goghat Gourhati Hamirbati Hat Basantapur Kayapat Keshabpur Kamarpukur Kanpur Khanakul Madhabpur Mamudpur Memanpur Parul Pursurah Radhanagore Satberia Shyambazar
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