Mourigram

Mourigram

Mouri
Mourigram Mouri
Census Town
	Mourigram railway station
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	711302, 711317
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Sankrail

Mourigram or Maurigram is a census town located in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Location

Mourigram is located between Podrah and Andul. Dhuilya is also adjacent to Mourigram.

Culture and Education

Mourigram is well-known to all for Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Beside this, also there are very few industries at Mourigram. The town is somewhat economically stable but is deprived of its primary needs for development. Most people are educated and gentle. Most of them are businessman or Government Employees. There are few schools: Nimtala high school, Maria's day school, Oxford high school, St. Thomas school and a Law college. The nearest college is Prabhu Jagatbandhu College, which is affiliated to University of Calcutta. Mourigram is near to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), with a ferry service connecting Nazirgunj (near Mourigram) to GRSE's Metiabruz office.

Transport

Mourigram has a good connectivity to Kolkata which is 12 km by road and is 14 km from Howrah Station. Andul Road (part of Grand Trunk Road/State Highway 6)^[1]^[2] is the artery of the town. Mourigram Rail Overbridge was constructed along Andul Road in 2004 to avoid traffic jam along railway tracks and to reduce accidents.^[3]