Frederiksnagore
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Serampore শ্রীরামপুর Srirampore Sreerampur |
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| Metropolis / Urban Agglomeration | |
| Nickname(s): Frederiknagore (1755 to 1845) | |
 Serampore
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| Coordinates: 22°45′N 88°20′E / 22.75°N 88.34°ECoordinates: 22°45′N 88°20′E / 22.75°N 88.34°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Named for | God Sri Ram-Sita Temple at Dey Street, Sripur, Serampore |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal |
| • Chair Person | Amiya Mukherjee |
| • MP Sreerampur LokShabha | (Kalyan Banerjee/ AITC) |
| • MLA Sreerampur & Champdani VidhanSabha | (Dr. Sudipta Roy/ AITC) & (Abdul Mannan/ INC) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Metropolis / Urban Agglomeration | 181,842 |
| • Rank | 254 |
| • Urban | 14,035,959 |
| Demonym(s) | Seramporians/Seramporebasi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 712201 to 7122xx [712201 to 712208, 712223 & 712249 (City Proper)] |
| Telephone code | 033 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-15 / WB-16 |
| Sex ratio | 941 females/1000 males ♂/♀ |
| Literacy Rate | 88.73% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Srerampur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sreerampur & Champdani |
| Website | www |
Serampore (also called Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur, Shrirampore, Srerampore) is a famous and historical city 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. It is a pre-colonial town (city) on the west bank of the Hooghly River. It was part of Danish India under the name Frederiknagore from 1755 to 1845.
It is probable that the name 'Srirampur' originated either from 'Sripur', 'Sri Ram' or both, or it could originate from 'Seetarampore' as there was a very famous 'Ram-Seeta' temple. Serampore City was grown up joining by Mahesh, Ballavpur, Akna, Sripur, Gopinathpur, Manoharpur, Chatra, Rajyadharapur, Naoga, Sheoraphuli, Shimla - sataghara villages. Here some aristocratic localities came up, namely Goswamipara, Lahiripara, Mukherjeepara, Bhattacharyapara, Chakravartipara, Beniapara etc., whose inhabitants were Brahmins of different groups and sects.
The city is several centuries old and has witnessed both the growth and decline of the feudal system, the coming of the Danes and their settlement and then a cultural renaissance (known as the Bengal Renaissance) initiated by the British following the construction of the east Indian railway, along with subsequent industrial development.
There were three main phases in the process of urbanisation of Serampore:
Before the Mughal era, the region between the Saraswati and Hooghly rivers was a thriving local community.
After this there arose the need for local artisana along with "service class" people who came from the neighbouring villages and settled on granted land. In this way, colonies such as Patuapara, Kumarpara, Dhulipara, Goalpara, Dutta Bagan, Khash Bagan were formed. This along with the fact that Sheoraphuli was a distribution point for local marketable goods produced in different parts of Hughli, induced many families - the Barujibis, Duttas, Deys, Das etc. - to come to settle here before 1755. The cultivating classes settled in such places as Sadgoppara, Mannapara, Lankabaganpara. The Jele-Kaibarta and 'Sani' Muchi, were already in the locality from the beginning, and had their own areas. The local Sunni Muslims, descendants of Mughal soldiers, traders and artisans, lived in Mullickpara, Mussalman Para and here a mosque still bears witness to their existence.
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