Rishra

Rishra is a city and municipality in the Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal, on the right bank of the Hooghly River and inside the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority area. It lies between Serampore to the north and Konnagar to the south, and is divided into East Rishra and West Rishra, the latter also called Morepukur. The name appears in the fifteenth century poem Manasamangal Kavya and is thought to derive from the word rishi, a saint. Rishra is a major industrial area of the district and was home to the first jute mill in India under the British Raj, the Hastings Jute Mill. The 2011 census of India counted 112,355 residents. Its festivals include Jagaddhatri Puja and the annual Rishra Fair held in January, and Bidhan Chandra College is its college.