Hindmotor

Hindmotor 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.

The town is popular because Hindustan Motors Ltd. (HML) has been in the area since 1948. Part of the manufacturing sites of HML also belongs to neighbouring Uttarpara and Konnagar. The famous Indian car Hindustan Ambassador, fondly called "The king of Indian roads" has its manufacturing plant here (). This car had its origins in on the Morris Oxford series III model, which was primarily a British car from 1956 to 1959.

Uttarpara Kotrung is the municipality. Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality was established in 1853, much before the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (1876).

Geography

Hindmotor is located at 22°41′N 88°20′E / 22.69°N 88.33°E / 22.69; 88.33, situated about 22 km. 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.