21-505: Uluberia is a city and a municipality of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is the headquarter of the Uluberia subdivision . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). In 1873 the present Uluberia subdivision was constituted in the name of “Mahishrekha” which was subsequently renamed as Uluberia in 1882. William Carry,
42-613: A literacy rate of 83.85%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.82% and 0.31% of the population respectively. Total area in Howrah District is 1467 km . Total population is 4,273,099 as per census 2001 records. 57.91% of the population live in Howrah Sadar subdivision and rest 42.09% live in Uluberia subdivision. Population Density: 2913 per km . Hindus are
63-442: A rural area divided into gram panchayats along with census towns . The district has 30 police stations (Howrah Police Commissionerate has 16 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS and Howrah Rural PD has 10 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS), 157 gram panchayats and 50 census towns. According to the 2011 census Howrah district has a population of 4,850,029, roughly equal to
84-526: Is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C. Howrah District is split into the Howrah Sadar subdivision and the Uluberia subdivision . The Howrah Sadar subdivision has 1 municipal corporation with 1 municipality and 5 community development (CD) blocks . The Uluberia subdivision has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks. Each block consists of
105-410: Is 222,240; of which male and female are 113,923 and 108,317 respectively. Although Uluberia city has population of 222,240; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959 of which 7,251,908 are males and 6,784,051 are females, with a sex Ratio of 951 and average literacy of 80.54%. The Percentage of population of children have increased from 6% in 2001 to 11.8% in 2011 and child sex ratio is 956. With
126-695: Is bounded by the Hooghly River and the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts on the east, on the north by the Hooghly district (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on the south by Midnapore East district ( Tamluk sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of Midnapore West district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to
147-685: Is divided into 16 assembly constituencies : Sankrail and Uluberia North constituencies will remain reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. The division is represented in the Lok Sabha by the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) and Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency) . National Highway 16 (India) National Highway 16 ( NH 16 ) also known as Kolkata - Chennai Highway is a major National Highway in India that runs along east coast of West Bengal , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh , and Tamil Nadu . It
168-442: Is mainly dominated by the small private hospitals other than that, there are a number of government hospitals in the city like the Uluberia hospital, E.S.I Hospital, Uluberia Sub-divisional hospital. Few popular private hospitals are Sebarata Hospital and Sanjiban Hospital. Before LPG reforms the education sector was mainly dominated by the public institutions but now many private schools have been built. The oldest college in Uluberia
189-499: Is providing lease holding to various industrial units and institutions for setting up their plants with Building Plan approved by the WBIIDC itself. There exist two large water bodies inside the campus are breathing spaces for the zone. Some of the prominent industrial units are: 1) Ceratizit India Private Limited. 2) Saj Industries Pvt (Biskfarm). 3) Sintex Industries Ltd. 4) Goel Alloy & Steel Pvt. Ltd. The healthcare of Uluberia
210-460: Is served by Uluberia railway station . The rapid growth of this city in past few decades have caused bottlenecks in the traffic flow of the city, the station Road, the Odisha trunk and the road connecting Uluberia court and Uluberia Kalibari is highly congested in the peak hours. Howrah district Howrah district ( / ˈ h aʊ r ə / , Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa] ) is a district of
231-656: Is situated on the banks of the river Hooghly . The main road passing through the heart of the city is Orissa trunk road and is also well connected by National Highway 16 . This is an unplanned city hence waterlogging is very common during heavy rainfall. One of the other problems is erosion of the Hooghly River and encroachment of land. The Uluberia Municipality was formed in 22 September 1982 with an area of 33.72sqkm and 28 wards, now it has expanded to 34.10sqkm and 32 wards. As of 2011 India census , As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Uluberia in 2011
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#1732783645574252-689: Is the Uluberia College (founded in 1948) and other colleges are Om Dayal Group of Institutions , Bharat Technology, Calcutta institute of technology, Calcutta Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and allied health sciences and Panchla Maha Vidyalaya. There is ESI Hospital at Nimdighi in Uluberia. A new Medical College named "Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital" has been established and started since 2022. An International Herbarium with Acronym "UBIH" (Uluberia Botanical Institute Herbarium) has been affiliated by NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN and enlisted in "Index Herbariorum". It
273-417: Is under the supervision of the most renowned Environmental Research Centre "Uluberia Botanical Institute", The Registered N.G.O. since 2004. This city has National Highway 16 , South Eastern Railway zone and Cuttack Road pass through it. The Hooghly River surrounds the south part of this town. There is also ferry service from Uluberia to Budge Budge and other towns of Howrah and South 24 Parganas. The town
294-465: The West Bengal state in eastern India . Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut . The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah . The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes. The district
315-595: The partition of India in 1947 came a significant number of refugees from East Pakistan , who mainly settled in Kolkata and its outlying areas, forming colonies on the banks of the Hooghly River , including near Uluberia on the west bank. The population of Uluberia is divided between Hinduism and Islam, each comprising approximately 49.83% of the population. Additionally, there are smaller religious communities such as Christianity at 0.11%, Buddhism and Sikhism at 0.03% each, with other religions collectively making up 0.3% of
336-564: The famous Baptist visited Uluberia several times during late 19th century. During 1930s, Civil disobedience movement, there was huge uprising in Shyampur police station. After becoming congress president Subhas Chandra Bose gave speech in Gorur Hat of Uluberia in 1938. Uluberia is located at 22°28′N 88°07′E / 22.47°N 88.11°E / 22.47; 88.11 . It has an average elevation of 1 m (3.3 ft). It
357-589: The majority population. Muslims, unlike the rest of Bengal, are more concentrated in urban areas than Hindus. Muslims are a significant minority in Panchla (46.62%), Uluberia I (43.92%), Uluberia II (39.36%) and Bagnan I (36.74%) blocks and make up a significant minority (44.79%) in Uluberia city. Languages of Howrah District (2011) According to the 2011 census, 84.99% of the population spoke Bengali , 10.92% Hindi and 2.86% Urdu as their first language. Hindi and Urdu are mainly spoken in urban areas. The district
378-457: The nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama . This gives it a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 3,306 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,560/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Haora has a sex ratio of 935 females for every 1000 males and
399-454: The north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore East district to the south-west. Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by Rupnarayan River on west and south-west, and by Bhagirathi-Hooghly river on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and Damodar River on north-west. Annual normal rainfall
420-536: The population. Uluberia is an industrial town.It was a major jute processing town during the colonial and post Independence era but slowly the jute industry declined and now there is no big jute mill in Uluberia. In 2006 the Salim Group of Indonesia planned to invest $ 250 million in a motorcycle factory. There exist about 70 industrial units in Uluberia Industrial Park.The Industrial Park
441-509: Was previously known as National Highway 5. The northern terminal starts at Dankuni near Kolkata , West Bengal and the southern terminal ends at Nallur near Chennai , Tamil Nadu . It is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project to connect India's major cities. Many cities and towns across the states of West Bengal , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh , Telangana , and Tamil Nadu are connected by National Highway 16. NH 16 has
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