Sheoraphuli (also known as Seoraphuli) is a neighbourhood in Baidyabati of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
[1][2] Historically Sheoraphuli fell under the Zamindari of Raja Manohar Roy,a renowned royalty in bengal during the reign of Akbar of the Mughal era .
The famous 'Sheoraphuli Haat' was a collecting centre for marketable goods produced in different parts of Hooghly district.
During the Muslim period, the villages on the bank of the Hooghly and Saraswati were included in the Zamindari of Sheoraphuli.
Raja Manohar Chandra Roy, zamindar of Sheoraphuli built the temple of Ram-Sita in Sripur (now Serampore) in 1752 .
His third son Raja Harischandra left Patuli and for Sheoraphuli which served as their permanent dwelling form there on , after him the Zamindari was demarcated into the 'Barataraf' and the 'Chototaraf' which is prevalent till date .
Raja Manohar's son Ram Chandra dedicated the villages of Sripur, Gopinathpur and Manoharpur as devottara land to the Gangulis in the service of the deity.
'Saraphuli Raj Debuttar Estate' was created in this period to take care of the Ram-Sita temple by the sebaits.
Later on Danes acquired around 1680 bighas of land in the nearby Serampore, Akna and Pearapur mahals and formed Frederiknagar after King Frederick V of Denmark by paying an annual rent of Sicca Rs 1601/- to the zamindar of Sheoraphuli.
The Baidyabati Municipality (ESTD 1869) is the civic administrative body of Sheoraphuli which makes it 70th cleanest city of India as per National Urban Sanitation Policy.
[7] The Municipality administers an area of 12.09 km2 and supplies potable water to the city through underground pipe line.
It was established entirely by Raja Harishcandra of Sheoraphuli Raj after starting the worship of Ma Nistarini, the hat grew up around the mandir and soon became the largest trade center in undivided Bengal.