Serampore

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Serampore Srirampore Sreerampur
City
Nickname:  Frederiknagore[1] (1755 to 1845)
Serampore Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Serampore Serampore (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
District	Hooghly
Region	Greater Kolkata
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 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	181,842
• Density	16,000/km2 (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) 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.