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Serampore
Srirampore
Sreerampur
City
Nickname: 
Frederiknagore[1] (1755 to 1845)
Serampore is located in West Bengal
Serampore
Serampore
Location in West Bengal, India
Serampore is located in India
Serampore
Serampore
Serampore (India)
Coordinates: 22°45′N 88°20′E / 22.75°N 88.34°E / 22.75; 88.34
CountrySerampore India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
RegionGreater Kolkata
Founded byDanish
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodySerampore Municipality
 • Chair PersonGiridhari Saha (AITC)
 • MPKalyan Banerjee (AITC)
 • MLADr. Sudipto Roy (AITC) and Arindam Guin (AITC)
Area
 • Total11.60 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total181,842
 • Density16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
712201 to 7122**
Telephone code+91 33
Vehicle registrationWB 15, WB 16, WB 17, WB 18
Sex ratio941 females/1000 males ♂/♀
Literacy Rate88.73%
Lok Sabha constituencySrerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituencySreerampur and Champdani
Websitewww.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) and Greater Kolkata.[2] 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.

Front façade of Serampore Rajbari, Chatra
  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.

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