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	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Rathayatra of Mahesh]]		* [[Rathayatra of Mahesh]]
	* [[Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]		* [[Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

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{{other uses|Shrirampur (disambiguation)}}

{{More citations needed|date=December 2011}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Serampore
| other_name = Srirampore<br />Sreerampur
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = RathYatra.jpg
| image_caption = [[Rathayatra of Mahesh]]
| nickname = Frederiknagore<ref>[https://hooghlyheritage.wordpress.com/2019/12/22/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5/amp/ Serampore as Frederiknagore] ''hooghlyheritage.wordpress.com''. Retrieved 10 March 2021</ref> (1755 to 1845)
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.75|N|88.34|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder = [[Denmark|Danish]]
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = [[Serampore Municipality]]
| leader_title = Chair Person
| leader_name = Giridhari Saha ([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]])
| leader_title1 = MP
| leader_name1 = [[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Banerjee]] ([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 11.60
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 17
| population_total = 181,842
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712201 to 7122**
| area_code = +91 33
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = WB 15, WB 16, WB 17, WB 18
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 941 females/1000 males [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.seramporemunicipality.net.in//}}
| footnotes =
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Literacy Rate]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 88.73%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srerampur]]
| leader_title4 = MLA
| leader_name4 = Dr. Sudipto Roy ([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]) and Arindam Guin ([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]])
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], English
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sreerampur]] and [[Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Champdani]]
}}

'''Serampore''' (also called ''Serampur'', ''Srirampur'', ''Srirampore'', ''Shreerampur'', ''Shreerampore'', ''Shrirampur'' or ''Shrirampore'') is a city of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is the headquarter of the [[Srirampore subdivision]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA) and [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| title =Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area| access-date =3 September 2007| publisher =Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| archive-date =28 September 2007}}</ref> 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.
[[File:Serampore Raj Bari.jpg|thumb|Front [[façade]] of Serampore Rajbari, [[Chatra, Serampore|Chatra]]]]

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord8={{coord|22|43|34|N|88|19|38|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8= Rishra| numbered8=CT| mark-title8= [[Rishra, Sreerampur Uttarpara]] (CT)| shape-color8=#A40000
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|mark-coord12={{coord|22|42|12|N|88|19|10|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12=Basai| numbered12=CT| mark-title12= [[Basai, Hooghly|Basai]] (CT)| shape-color12=#A40000
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|41|30|N|88|19|38|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13=Kanaipur| numbered13=CT| mark-title13= [[Kanaipur]] (CT)| shape-color13=#A40000
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|40|10|N|88|18|46|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14=Raghunathpur| numbered14=CT| mark-title14= [[Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni)]] (CT)| shape-color14=#A40000
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===Location===
Serampore is located at {{coord|22.75|N|88.34|E|}}.

The area consists of flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains, that form a part of the [[Gangetic Delta]]. This belt is highly industrialised.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17–24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 28 September 2018 }}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php |title = Hooghly District Police | publisher= West Bengal Police| access-date = 20 June 2017}}</ref>

===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).<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) | publisher= Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 3 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 October 2018}}</ref> All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location= Serampore
|metric first= yes
|single line= yes

|Jan high C= 26
|Feb high C= 29
|Mar high C= 33
|Apr high C= 36
|May high C= 36
|Jun high C= 34
|Jul high C= 33
|Aug high C= 33
|Sep high C= 33
|Oct high C= 32
|Nov high C= 30
|Dec high C= 27

|Jan low C= 12
|Feb low C= 16
|Mar low C= 21
|Apr low C= 24
|May low C= 25
|Jun low C= 26
|Jul low C= 26
|Aug low C= 26
|Sep low C= 26
|Oct low C= 24
|Dec low C= 14

|Jan precipitation mm= 19.2
|Feb precipitation mm= 39.4
|Mar precipitation mm= 38
|Apr precipitation mm= 49.5
|May precipitation mm= 132.7
|Jun precipitation mm= 245.9
|Jul precipitation mm= 347.6
|Aug precipitation mm= 322.4
|Sep precipitation mm= 291.2
|Oct precipitation mm= 163.6
|Nov precipitation mm= 27.9
|Dec precipitation mm= 5.7

|source= [http://www.worldweatheronline.com/serampore-weather-averages/west-bengal/in.aspx Serampore Weather]
|date= May 2012
}}

== Demographics ==
{{bar box|title=Religion in Serampore (2011)<ref name=Citycensus>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/241-serampore.html|title=City Census 2011 |access-date=30 September 2011 |year=2011 |publisher=Census2011.co.in}}</ref>|titlebar=#Fcd116|float=right|bars={{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|DarkOrange|90.23}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|8.63}}
{{bar percent|Not Stated|black|0.62}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|blue|0.25}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|yellow|0.16}}
{{bar percent|Others|red|0.12}}}}According to an India [[census]], Serampore had a population of 181,842 in 2011. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/241-serampore.html|title= Census of India 2011: Serampore City Census 2011 data|access-date=2015-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities and Census Towns in Hooghly district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: [[Bansberia]] (M), [[Hugli-Chuchura|Hugli-Chinsurah]] (M), Bara Khejuria ([[Out Growth]]), [[Shankhanagar]] (CT), [[Amodghata]] (CT), [[Chak Bansberia]] (CT), [[Naldanga, Hooghly|Naldanga]] (CT), [[Kodalia]] (CT), [[Kulihanda]] (CT), [[Simla, West Bengal|Simla]] (CT), [[Dharmapur, West Bengal|Dharmapur]] (CT), [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] (M), [[Champdani]] (M), [[Chandannagar]] (M Corp.), [[Baidyabati]] (M), Serampore (M), [[Rishra]] (M), [[Rishra, Sreerampur Uttarpara|Rishra]] (CT), [[Bamunari]] (CT), [[Dakshin Rajyadharpur]] (CT), [[Nabagram Colony]] (CT), [[Konnagar]] (M), [[Uttarpara Kotrung]] (M), [[Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni)]] (CT), [[Kanaipur]] (CT) and [[Keota, Hooghly|Keota]] (CT).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher= Census of India 2011 | access-date = 16 June 2016}}</ref>

== Education ==
* [[Serampore College]]
*Pearl Rosary School - Mahesh ( [[WBBSE]], [[WBCHSE]])
* [[Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology Serampore|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, Serampore|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 ==
{{Portal||India}}
* [[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 (missionary)|William Carey]]
* [[Joshua Marshman]]
* [[William Ward (missionary)|Willam Ward]]
* [[Serampore Trio]]
* [[Sheoraphuli Raj Debuttar Estate]]
* [[Sheoraphuli]]
* [[Sheoraphuli railway station]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/HTM/ULB_Profiles/Serampore.htm JNNURM of West Bengal]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India.htm#Danish%20India WorldStatesmen- India]
* [http://www.rotaryclubofserampore.info/ Rotary Club of Serampore]

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{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
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