Alipore

Alipore, also spelled Alipur, town, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India. It is a southern suburb of Kolkata (Calcutta) situated just south of the Hugli (Hooghly) River and is included within the municipality.

Alipore has major industries including printing and bookbinding, cement manufacture, oilseed milling, and general engineering works. It is the site of zoological-horticultural gardens and of Belvedere House, the onetime residence of the former British lieutenant governor of Bengal and now the location of the National Library. The town has a college affiliated with the University of Calcutta in Kolkata. Pop. (2001) 4,915; (2011) 5,937.