Battala is a highly populated residential and semi-industrial area in the central part of

Serampore Serampore (also called ''Serampur'', ''Srirampur'', ''Srirampore'', ''Shreerampur'', ''Shreerampore'', ''Shrirampur'' or ''Shrirampore'') is a city of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Srirampo ...

City in

Hooghly district 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. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura ('' ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

. The Battala region was an important center for printing books and

Battala Prints Battala woodcut prints are the Woodcut, woodcut relief prints produced in the Battala region of Calcutta. Although woodblock printing on fabrics has been in India for centuries, the paper adaptation of woodblock printing appeared relatively late, ...

Education

* Akna Girl's High School * Malina Lahiri Boy's Academy * Ballavpur High School * Adarsha Balika Vidyalaya * Bharati Balika Vidyalaya

References

Neighbourhoods in West Bengal Serampore {{Hooghly-geo-stub