Rishra is a city and a municipality in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[1] The origin of Rishra situated on the right bank of the River Hugli dates back to the pre-colonial era.

The reference of Rishra was first seen to have occurred in the Bipradas Piplai poem “Manasamangal Kavya”, written in the fifteenth century.

At the time of giving a description of the movement of Chand Saudagar along the River Bhagirathi in a barge for the business.

Nisha jaiswal council of Narayana School, Rishra There has been further and marked an evolution in the said spelling down the era as Reshra, Risshra, Isharah, Ichera, Icchra, etc.

It is presumed that the name “Rishra” might have been derived from the word Saint or Rishi with whom it is believed to have been associated over a pretty long time in the past.

After taking over the possession of the town of Serampore, the British Company began to look after its civic amenities.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came to Rishra and took rest at the time of his great escape.

Rishra is positioned between Serampore on the north and Konnagar on the south and between the Hooghly river on the east and Delhi Highway on the west.

[7] Languages spoken in  Rishra City (2011)[8] JAYASHREE TEXTILE BHATTA, NAYA BASTI,CHAIROAD,N.S ROAD,DAS PARA,BANGUR PARK,SANDHYA BAZAR, and so on.

Rishra Municipality area has one very ancient Temple named Rishra Siddheshwari Kali, a temple of Sree Sree Maa Siddheswari Kali established more than 800 yrs ago by Sri Jatadhar Pakrashi (In Bengali Year 611 Bangabdo).

However amongst the attractions and festivities of Rishra, main is Jagaddhatri puja the invocation of Goddess Jagadhatri in the month of November is being celebrated largely all over.

It is the major industrial area in Hooghly district, having factories like Jaya Shree Textiles, Aditya Birla Insulators (A Unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited), Hindustan National Glass, Berger Paints, PMC Rubber Chemicals, Hastings Jute Mill, The Phosphate Co.LTD., Laxmi Narayan Cotton Mills, Bindawala Cables, R.S.

Rishra, as most of the Hooghly district, has shown signs of the gradual declining of jute industries in Bengal after the partition of India in 1947.