The Hooghly River or popularly called Ganga or Kati-Ganga in the Puranas, is a river that rises close to Giria, which lies north of Baharampur and Palashi in Murshidabad. It is the western distributary of the Ganges. The main course of the Ganges then flows into Bangladesh as the Padma. A man-made canal, built in the 1960s and early-1970s at Farakka, connects the Ganges, flowing through Malda, to the Hooghly to bring the abundant waters of the Himalayan river to the comparatively narrow river that rises in eastern West Bengal.
Serampore is a city in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Srirampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and Greater Kolkata. 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.
Chatra district is district one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. The district was formed after separation from Hazaribagh district in 1991. Chatra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district covers an area of 3718 km2.
Hooghly district is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a central power generating organisation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. Indian Astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, the former chief architect of river planning in India, prepared the original plan for the Damodar Valley Project. It operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the ownership of Ministry of Power, Government of India. DVC is headquartered in the Kolkata city of West Bengal, India.
Chatra Nandalal Institution, in Serampore, was established in 1874 in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. It is situated on the bank of the Hooghly River and commands a riverside view of the cantonment town of Barrackpore.
Kunda is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Pratappur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Simaria is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Kanhachatti is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Gidhour is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Simaria subdivision of Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Mayurhand is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Tandwa is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Itkhori is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Pathalgada is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Lawalong is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India.
Chatra is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Shaligram Ramnarayanpur (Hunterganj) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Serampore Municipality is the civic body that governs Serampore and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
Baidyabati Municipality is the civic body that governs Baidyabati and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
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