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Uttarpara
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| ?Uttarpara West Bengal • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Hugli |
| Population | 150,204 (2001) |
| Municipality Chairman | Pinaki Dhamali [1] |
| Codes • Pincode |
• 712258 |
Uttarpara (Bengali: উত্তরপাড়া) is a small town of Hooghly District, West Bengal India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.[2]
It is a town of historical importance. Located at the south-eastern tip of the Hooghly District, on the banks of the river Ganges, it is just across the famous Dakhshineswar Temple.
There is a man-made canal that clearly marks the boundary between Uttarpara and the adjoining Howrah District. Uttarpara is home to some of the biggest industrial setups in the state. It has the Shaw Wallace Distilliery, Shalimar Wire Products, Hindustan Motors which is the only vehicle plant in West Bengal which manufactures the nation's motorized work-horse - the Hindustan Ambassador.
Uttarpara Kotrung is the municipality.
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Uttarpara remains firmly locked with its history through the hynm of Satya-Narayan Puja in Bengali
"Gangaar Paschim Kul, Varanasi Samatul, Taar Madhya Uttam Uttarpara Gram, Saabarna Chowdhury Dwija Narayan Naam..."
In English, "Uttarpara is located on west bank of Ganges, just as Varanasi. It was set up by descendants of Sabarna Chowdhury..."
It is said in 1704- a zamindar of famous Sabarnya Chowdhury clan, Shri Ratenswar Roychowdhury left his ancestral village near Barrackpur of 24 Parganas district for a new residence on the banks of river Hooghly - Ootarpara.
Ootarpara, in those days was marshland - bereft of decent human settlement. Only fishermen of Patni, Malo castes and a few Muslims lived there. Their trade was fishing, marketing fishing equipments, ferry service and dacoity.
The compulsion of Kaulinya system made Ratneswar, who was a Brahmin, to bring other Brahmin families for matrimony. Gradually, many Brahmin families like Durga Charan Banerjee, Ramtanu Chatterjee, Ramnidhi Chatterjee, Nandalal Mukherjee etc. migrated and settled at Ootarpara through matrimonial relation with descendants of Ratneswar Roychowdhury. Many of these families afterwards took leading role in intellectual and spiritual development of Uttarpara. It is not know how and when 'Ootarpara' became more sober sounding Uttarpara.
As of 2001 India census[3], Uttarpara Kotrung had a population of 150,204. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Uttarpara Kotrung has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 76%. In Uttarpara Kotrung, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Uttarpara is home to India's first car factory - Hindustan Motors. [4] Efforts are being made to revive the plant. [5] [6]
- Shalimar Wire Products
- Shaw Wallace
Uttarpara is well connected by road and rail. There is a railway station at Uttarpara that connects Uttarpara with Howrah via the main line axis which connects the metropolis of Kolkata with the rest of India. At Bally, just a kilometer off, three major railway lines converge. The historically famed and the nation's prime road artery, the Grand Trunk Road passes through Uttarpara. Central Kolkata is just 25 km away from Uttarpara. Presently, Uttarpara is better described as a suburb of Kolkata. Majority of its population goes to Kolkata for work.
Uttarpara boasts of a rich cultural heritage. Philanthropic zamindar of Bengal, Sri Joy Krishna Mookherjee, contributed a library, a public hospital and a school. The town once boasted beautiful buildings, epitome of great architectural works and steeped in cultural heritage. But, alas, that is fast giving way to flats and modern apartment buildings to accommodate the every increasing populace. The famous poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt spent his last days in Uttarpara library.
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, better known as Rishi Aurobindo, at 1909 gave his last political speech before leaving for Pondichery and embracing monk-hood. This speech, known as Uttarpara Speech [1] is a valuable work for understanding Hinduism and Sanatan dharma.
Subhash Chandra Bose (unanimously known as Netaji)also came to uttarpara once and gave his political speech.A heritage building is under renovation process to keep the memory of that great freedom fighter.
- Joy Krishna Mookherjee
- Poet Biharilal
- Amarendra Nath Chattopadhyay
- Singer Manilal Nag [2]
- Raja Peary Mohan College
- Uttarpara Govt. High School[3]
- Uttarpara Amarendra Vidyapith
- Uttarpara Girl's School
- Makhla Deviswari Vidya Niketan
- Bhadrakali High School
- Uttarpara Children's Own Home
- ^ The Telegraph 19 June 2005
- ^ Base Map of Kolkata Metroploitan area. Kolkata Metroploitan Development Authority. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ Hindustan Motors website
- ^ The Statesman 25 August 2006.
- ^ The Statesman 26 August 2006
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