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| Country | India | ||
| State | West Bengal | ||
| District(s) | Hooghly | ||
| Nearest city | Kolkata | ||
| Municipality Chairman | Pinaki Dhamali [1] | ||
| Parliamentary constituency | Sreerampur | ||
| Assembly constituency | Uttarpara | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Hindmotor (Bengali: হিন্দমোটর) is a small town of Hooghly District, West Bengal, India, situated on the western bank of the river Ganges. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.[2]
The town is popular because of Hindustan Motors Ltd. (HML) situated in the area since 1948. Part of the manufacturing sites of HML also belongs to neighboring Uttarpara and Konnagar.
Uttarpara Kotrung is the municipality. Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality was established in 1853,[3] much before the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (1876).
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Hindmotor is located at , [4], situated about 22km. away from Esplanade, the central part of Kolkata, which is the capital of the state of West Bengal. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (52 feet). Located at the south-eastern tip of the Hooghly District, on the banks of the river Ganges, it is just across the Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Hindmotor has a local railway station called Hindmotor. The station lies in the Howrah-Tarkeshwar main line of Eastern Railway and is about 12km from Howrah station. On the west of the station lies the famous motor factory, Hindustan Motors. The part owned by Birla has two schools (Hindmotor High School and H.M.Education Center), one hospital, a residential complex for factory staff and the factory premises.
The town has no cinema hall
Hindmotor has a good number of schools for primary and secondary education. Some of the school names are mentioned below :
Some of the other schools present in the town are given below :
Hindmotor is well connected by road and rail. Hindmotor station connects the town with Howrah via the main line axis which connects the metropolis of Kolkata with the rest of India. At Bally, just a kilometer off, three major railway lines converge. The historically famed and the nation's prime road artery, the Grand Trunk Road passes through Hindmotor. Presently, Hindmotor is better described as a suburb of Kolkata. Majority of its population either works in the Hindustan Motors or goes to Kolkata for work.