Serampore

Serampore is a town in the of , on the western bank of the Hooghly River. One of the rare Danish colonies of India, Serampore is unique for its Danish-British-Bengali heritage.
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  • Type: City with 266,000 residents
  • Description: City in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Serampur”, “Shreerampore”, “Shreerampur”, “Shrirampore”, “Shrirampur”, “Sreerampore”, “Sreerampur”, “Srerampore”, “Srirampore”, and “Srirampur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shrirampur railway station and William Carey Museum.

Railway station
Photo: রাজশ্রী রায়, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the busiest railway stations on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line located in the , of the Indian state of . An at-grade station, it serves Serampore city.

Museum
Photo: PIN 712201, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cemetery
Photo: Ajit Kumar Majhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrackpore and Titagarh.

Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cantonment town in district of . The oldest cantonment of India, was the birthplace of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and has been recently popular among residents for its restaurants serving the Kolkata biryani.

Town
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city and a municipality of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Serampore

Latitude
22.755° or 22° 45′ 18″ north
Longitude
88.3417° or 88° 20′ 30″ east
Population
266,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7MJCQ83R+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3818050743
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1256422
Wiki­data ID
Q1815367
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Serampore” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيرامبور”
  • Bengali: “শ্রীরামপুর, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ”
  • Bengali: “শ্রীরামপুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “श्रीरामपुर”
  • Bishnupriya: “সেরাম্পোরে”
  • Catalan: “Frederiksnagar”
  • Catalan: “Serampore”
  • Catalan: “Serampur”
  • Catalan: “Srirampur”
  • Cebuano: “Shrīrāmpur”
  • Chinese: “塞兰坡”
  • Chinese: “塞拉姆波雷”
  • Chinese: “塞蘭坡”
  • Danish: “Frederiksnagore”
  • Danish: “Serampore”
  • Dutch: “Serampore”
  • Esperanto: “Serampore”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Serampore”
  • French: “Frederiksnagore”
  • French: “Serampore”
  • French: “Serampour”
  • German: “Serampore”
  • German: “Serampur”
  • Gujarati: “શ્રીરામપૂર”
  • Hebrew: “סרמפור”
  • Hindi: “श्रीरामपुर, पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Hindi: “श्रीरामपुर”
  • Indonesian: “Serampore”
  • Irish: “Serampore”
  • Italian: “Serampore”
  • Japanese: “シュライランプール”
  • Japanese: “セランポール”
  • Kashmiri: “سیرام پور”
  • Ladin: “Serampore”
  • Malagasy: “Serampore”
  • Malay: “Serampore”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frederiksnagore”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Serampore”
  • Norwegian: “Serampore”
  • Polish: “Serampore”
  • Portuguese: “Frederiksnagore”
  • Portuguese: “Serampore”
  • Portuguese: “Serampur”
  • Romanian: “Serampore”
  • Russian: “Шрирампур”
  • Spanish: “Serampore”
  • Swedish: “Frederiksnagore”
  • Swedish: “Serampore”
  • Swedish: “Serampur”
  • Swedish: “Shrirampur”
  • Swedish: “Srirampur”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ரீராம்பூர்”
  • Thai: “ศรีรามปุระ”
  • Urdu: “سری رام پور”
  • Urdu: “سیرام پور”
  • Venetian: “Serampore”
  • Vietnamese: “Serampore”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Serampore”
  • Welsh: “Serampore”
  • “श्रीरामपुर”

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