Hooghly district

Hugli ( Bengali: হুগলী, Hugli ) is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal with an area of ​​3149 km ² and a population of 5.04 million inhabitants (as of 2001). It is bordered by the districts Pashchim Medinipur, Bankura, Bardhaman, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah. The administrative headquarters of the district is in Chunchura.

Hugli consists of the four Subdivisions Chunchura Sadar, Chandannagar, Shrirampur and Arambag. At the eastern boundary of the district of Hooghly River, the river Damodar flows through the district from north to south flows.

The area of ​​the district Hooghly was already in the first half of the 16th century by Europeans ( Portuguese ) visited, who founded a trading post in Hugli and 1599 a convent, the first Christian church built in Bengal in Bandel. The Portuguese were later followed by the Danes, Dutch, British, French, Belgians and Germans. The Dutch settled in Chunchura, the French remained from 1816 to 1950 in Chandannagar.

The district Hooghly was 1795. 1843 was the southern part of Howrah as an independent district. Another part of the territory of Hugli in 1872 the district Medinipur slammed.

The economy of the district is predominantly agro- shaped, are grown mainly jute and vegetables. Jute mills are located along the river Hooghly in Tribeni Bhadreswar, Champ Dani and Shrirampur. The company Hindustan Motors has one of their largest manufacturing facilities in Uttarpara in the south of the district of Hooghly.

Efforts of the West Bengal state government to settle with Tata Motors a further car manufacturers here and advance the industrialization led to incited by political opposition communal riots in Singur.

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