- ndian Railways was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee at Dankuni in 2012. It produces high horse power diesel locomotive underframes etc. It functions as a sister unit of Banaras Locomotive Works at Varanasi.
- Electric Loco Assembly and Ancillary Unit of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works of Indian Railways at Dankuni has started functioning in 2016.
The entire area has a large number of medium and small industries.
Hindustan Motors started operations at Hindmotor, a neighbourhood in Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality in 1948. The Ambassador was the best known amongst its models. It declared suspension of work at its Uttarpara plant on 24 May 2014.
The jute industry, once the pioneer in industrialising this state, has been in a bad shape, but it is not the jute industry alone that is in a bad shape. In the Srirampore subdivision, there are other units such as J.K.Steel and Bangalaxmi Cotton Mills, which have not been doing well or have closed down, although many other industries are doing well.
Srirampore subdivision has a large migrant presence in the workforce. They have come from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. They have settled in the slums around or near their work place and many of the locality names reflect their origins – Chhapra basti, Gayapar basti, Odiya basti and Telengipara.
Handloom weaving
The handloom sarees of Dhaniakhali, Begampur, Jangipara, Rajbalhat areas and dhutis of Haripal, Rajbalhat, Khanakul areas of Hooghly district are widely familiar.
Agriculture
Hooghly is an agriculturally prosperous district of West Bengal. Although the economy has been shifting away from agriculture, it is still the pre-dominant economic activity and the main source of livelihood for the rural people of the district. One third of the district income comes from agriculture. Given below is an overview of the agricultural production (all data in tonnes) for Srirampore subdivision, other subdivisions and the Hooghly district, with data for the year 2013-14.
| CD Block/ Subdivision | Rice | Wheat | Jute | Pulses | Oil seeds | Potatoes | Sugarcane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jangipara | 109,389 | – | 30,806 | – | 4,421 | 342,597 | 305 |
| Chanditala I | 10,600 | – | 4,282 | 7 | 261 | 51,925 | – |
| Chanditala II | 5,721 | – | 3,637 | 2 | 1,828 | 39,004 | – |
| Sreerampur Uttarpara | 1,142 | 11 | 1,095 | 3 | 1,548 | 2,585 | 2,132 |
| Srirampore subdivision | 126,852 | 11 | 39,820 | 12 | 8,058 | 436,111 | 2,437 |
| Chinsurah subdivision | 235,561 | 92 | 111,218 | 4 | 10,362 | 812,808 | 162 |
| Chandannagore subdivision | 189,791 | 12 | 136,276 | – | 6,522 | 313,692 | – |
| Arambag subdivision | 255,011 | 75 | 134,541 | 30 | 19,477 | 514,903 | 123,934 |
| Hooghly district | 807,215 | 190 | 421,855 | 46 | 44,419 | 2,077,514 | 126,533 |
Poverty
The information given above leads us on to a comment in the District Human Development Report for Hooghly district: In the sub-division wise comparison of the levels of poverty in Hooghly district, Srirampur and Chandannagore share the lowest incidence of poverty.
Education
Hooghly district had a literacy rate of 81.80% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Chinsurah subdivision had a literacy rate of 79.17%, Chandannagore subdivision 83.01%, Srirampore subdivision 86.13% and Arambag subdivision 79.05.
Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Hooghly district for the year 2013-14:
| Subdivision | Primary School |
Middle School |
High School |
Higher Secondary School |
General College, Univ |
Technical / Professional Instt |
Non-formal Education |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | |
| Chinsurah | 899 | 85,213 | 46 | 3,885 | 98 | 48,722 | 109 | 124,068 | 7 | 16,342 | 26 | 10,564 | 2,413 | 45,289 |
| Chandannagore | 606 | 53,382 | 32 | 3,312 | 46 | 22,000 | 77 | 89,132 | 6 | 20,450 | 6 | 778 | 1,297 | 29,127 |
| Srirampore | 577 | 64,207 | 25 | 3,611 | 65 | 37,997 | 97 | 108,199 | 8 | 16,631 | 3 | 793 | 1,337 | 33,060 |
| Arambag | 935 | 80,705 | 49 | 5,462 | 83 | 48,513 | 76 | 91,911 | 7 | 16,950 | 3 | 228 | 1,838 | 57,383 |
| Hooghly district | 3,013 | 283,407 | 152 | 16,270 | 292 | 157,232 | 359 | 413,310 | 28 | 70,373 | 38 | 12,363 | 6,885 | 164,859 |
Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.
The following institutions are located in Srirampore subdivision:
- Serampore College, a general degree college, was established in 1818 by William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward at Serampore, which was a Danish colony from 1755 to 1845.
- Pearl Rosary School, affiliated to WBBSE, WBCHSE, was established at Serampore in 2005. The school is authorised study centre of National Institute of Open Schooling ( NIOS), Govt of India.
- Raja Peary Mohan College, a general degree college, was established at Uttarpara in 1887.
- Serampore Girls’ College, a general degree college for girls, was established at Serampore in 1981.
- Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology Serampore, an engineering college, was established in 1908 as Government Central Weaving Institute. It started offering a degree course in textile technology in 1957. It started offering B. Tech. in 1998, and added general engineering subjects. It started offering M.Tech. courses from 1994.
- Nabagram Hiralal Paul College, a general degree college, was established in 1957, at Nabagram, Konnagar.
- Bidhan Chandra College, Rishra, a general degree college, was established at Rishra in 1957.
- Mahitosh Nandy Mahavidyalaya, a general degree college, was established at Jangipara, in 2007.
- Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya, a general degree college, was established at Suchia, Masat in 1998.
- Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College, a general degree college for girls, was established at Bhadrakali in 1978.
Healthcare
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Hooghly district.
| Subdivision | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Other State Govt Deptts |
Local bodies |
Central Govt Deptts / PSUs |
NGO / Private Nursing Homes |
Total | Total Number of Beds |
Total Number of Doctors* |
Indoor Patients |
Outdoor Patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals | Rural Hospitals |
Block Primary Health Centres |
Primary Health Centres |
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| Chinsurah | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | – | – | – | 31 | 61 | 1,091 | 108 | 94,213 | 1,830,358 |
| Chandannagore | 1 | 3 | – | 8 | – | – | – | 41 | 53 | 828 | 56 | 70,724 | 1,105,060 |
| Srirampore | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | – | – | – | 80 | 99 | 1,894 | 85 | 63,619 | 1,252,941 |
| Arambag | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | – | – | – | 35 | 58 | 919 | 57 | 83,469 | 1,743,719 |
| Hooghly district | 6 | 8 | 10 | 60 | – | – | – | 187 | 271 | 4,732 | 306 | 312,025 | 5,932,078 |
.* Excluding nursing homes
Medical facilities in Srirampore subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
Serampore Walsh Super Speciality Subdivisional Hospital, Serampore Municipality, 266 beds
Serampore TB Hospital, Serampore Municipality, 55 beds.
Serampore ESI Hospital, Serampore Municipality, 216 beds.
Uttarpara General Hospital, Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, 204 beds
Female Vagrants Home, Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality.
Konnagar Matri Sadan O Sishu Mangal Pratisthan, Konnagar Municipality, 43 beds.
Rishra Municipal Seva Sadan, Rishra Municipality, 150 beds.
Rural Hospitals: (Name, block, location, beds)
Jangipara Rural Hospital, Jangipara CD Block, Jangipara, 60 beds.
Akuni Ichhapasar Rural Hospital, Chanditala I CD Block, Aniya, 30 beds.
Chanditala Rural Hospital, Chanditala II CD Block, Chanditala, 30 beds.
Kanaipur Rural Hospital, Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block, Kanaipur, 30 beds.
Primary Health Centres (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)
Jangipara CD Block: Mundalika (10 beds), Furfura (10 beds), Guti (4 beds), Rajbalhat (6 beds).
Chanditala I CD Block: Bhattapur, Akuni (4 beds), Gangadharpur (10 beds), Jangalpara (6 beds).
Chanditala II CD Block:Begampur (4 beds), Janai Baksa, Janai (10 beds).
Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block: Rajyadharpur (10 beds).
Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality: Bhadrakali (5 beds).
Private Hospitals:* (Name, location, beds)
Paramount Health Care, 148 & 151, G.T Road, Maniktala, Serampore, 30 beds,
Disha Eye Hospital, Sheoraphuli, 25 beds
Kamala Ray Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Kotrung GT Road, PO Hindmotor, 50 beds
.* Excluding nursing homes
Electoral constituencies
Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Srirampore subdivision were as follows:
| Lok Sabha constituency | Reservation | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srerampur | None | Uttarpara | None | Uttarpara-Kotrang municipality, Konnagar municipality, Nabagram, Kanaipur and Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara community development block |
| – | – | Sreerampur | None | Ward Nos. 3 to 19 and 25 of Serampore municipality, Rishra municipality, Rajyadharpur and Rishra gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block |
| – | – | Champdani | None | Champdani municipality, Baidyabati municipality, Ward Nos. 1 & 2 and 20 to 24 of Serampore municipality and Payarapur GP of Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block |
| – | – | Chanditala | None | Bhagabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmora and Nababpur GPs of Chanditala I CD Block and Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Dankuni, Garalgachha, Janai, Monoharpur, Mrigala and Naiti GPs of Chanditala II CD Block |
| – | – | Jangipara | None | Jangipara CD Block and Aniya, Haripur, Masat and Sehakhala GPs of Chanditala I CD Block |
| – | – | Other two assembly segments are in Howrah district | – | – |