Serampore (Bengali: ) (also called Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur, Shrirampore, Srerampore) is a famous and historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Srirampore subdivision. 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.This is currently the most advanced an important industrial city in Hooghly district. So many jute mills, paper mills, thread mill, cotton mills are in this city. There is a silk hub also at Mahesh & Tarapukur. In Bengal first and India's second mills (Like Wellington Jute and India Jute), Asia's first university (Serampore University) and the secound College of India (Serampore College), India's first library (William Carey Library) was established here. Even India's first paper mill in this city was founded by Serampore missionary in the year of 1818. Rathayatra of Mahesh (since 1396 AD) is the India's second oldest (after Puri) Rath Yatra. The first anti-superstition movement was started from Serampore.It is probable that the name 'Srirampur' originated either from 'Sripur', 'Sri Ram' or both, or it could originate from 'Seetarampore' as there was a very famous 'Ram-Seeta' temple. Serampore City was grown up joining by Mahesh, Ballavpur, Akna, Sripur, Gopinathpur, Manoharpur, Chatra, Rajyadharapur, Naoga, Sheoraphuli, Shimla - sataghara villages., whose inhabitants were Brahmins of different groups and sects.Since 1947, Serampore has become a satellite of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and as such its process of urbanisation and change is as yet still incomplete. Now Serampore is one of the most developed (city) towns in the main line region of Howrah.According to an India census, Serampore had a population of 181,842 in 2011. Males constituted 51.55% of the population and females 48.45%. It had an average literacy rate of 89.99%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy was 92.75%, and female literacy 87.05%; 7% of the population was under 6 years of age
