1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Uttarpara

UTTARPARA, a town of British India, in the Hugli district of Bengal, on the river Hugli. Pop. (1901) 70361 It is famous for the public library founded and endowed by Jai Krishna Mukharji, which is specially rich in books on local topography. There is an aided college, and a girls’ school supported by a native association.