Serampore

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Serampore is a historic town on the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, known for its colonial-era architecture and as a former Danish trading settlement.

All labels observed (2)

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Serampore canonical 8
Chinsurah 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Danish colony
human settlement
town
administrativeDivision Serampore subdivision
climate tropical wet and dry climate
country India
distanceFromKolkataApprox 25 km
economicActivity small-scale industry
trade
formerName Frederiksnagore
governingBody Serampore Municipality
hasEducationalInstitution Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Serampore
Serampore College
hasHeritageStatus heritage town
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1865
hasReligiousSite churches from Danish period
historic temples
heritageConservationProject Serampore Initiative (Danish-Indian restoration project)
historicalColonialPower Denmark–Norway
knownFor Danish trading settlement history
Serampore College
colonial-era architecture
locatedIn Hooghly district
West Bengal
locatedInCountrySubdivision eastern India
locatedInRegion Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
surface form: Ganges Delta
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
locatedNear Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata
locatedOnRiver Hooghly River
namedAfter Frederick V of Denmark
officialLanguage Bengali
English
partOf Kolkata Metropolitan Area
primaryLanguage Bengali
railwayConnection Howrah–Bardhaman main line
railwayStation Serampore railway station
region Hooghly district
surface form: Hooghly industrial belt
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Christianity
Islam
roadConnection Grand Trunk Road
stateCapitalNearby Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata
transportMode ferry services on Hooghly River
state and private buses
suburban railway
urbanClassification city and municipality
UTCOffset +5:30

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Bengal containsTown Serampore
Hooghly River flowsThrough Serampore
Danish colonial empire hasPart Serampore
Chandannagar nearbyCity Serampore
Dutch Bengal administrativeCenter Serampore
this entity surface form: Chinsurah
Bandel nearbyCity Serampore
this entity surface form: Chinsurah
Tribeni locatedNear Serampore
this entity surface form: Chinsurah
Hooghly district hasHeadquarters Serampore
this entity surface form: Chinsurah
Hooghly district containsCity Serampore
Hooghly district containsCity Serampore
this entity surface form: Chinsurah
Hooghly district containsTown Serampore
Hugli-Chuchura hasNeighbouringSettlement Serampore
this entity surface form: Chinsurah