It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It has an average elevation of 1 m (3.3 ft). It is situated on the bank of River Hooghly. The main road passing through the heart of the city is Orissa Trunk Road & is also well connected by National Highway No-6; Bombay Road. This is an unplanned city and sometimes during heavy rains, may suffer from the drainage prob
lem. The other problem is erosion of Hooghly river & encroachment in the main land. As of 2001 India census, Uluberia had a population of 202,095. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Uluberia has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 58%. In Uluberia, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. With the partition of India there was a massive influx of refugees from East Pakistan into Kolkata and its peripheral areas. Of over a million refugees who entered West Bengal in 1950 alone settled mostly in squatter colonies between Naihati and Sonarpur on the east bank of the Hooghly and between Mogra and Uluberia on the west bank. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, former chief minister, West Bengal, laid the foundation stone for eastern India's first two-wheeler project at Uluberia on 15 February 2006. A motorcycle factory would be set up by the Salim Group of Indonesia at a cumulative investment of $250 million. Spread over 65 acres (260,000 m2) of land provided by the State Government, the factory would be set up under the banner of Salim Group company Mahabharat Motors Manufacturing Pvt Ltd, and the two-wheelers would be sold under the brand name, Arjun. Later, he also laid the foundation stone of an integrated satellite township project that was being set up by the Salim Group in Howrah district. Spread over 390 acres (1.6 km2) of land, the Kolkata West International City would have 6,900 dwelling units along with a host of other facilities. Speaking at both the functions, Benny Santoso, Chief Executive of the Salim Group, said the Indonesian business house with diverse business interests was keen to contribute and partake in the development of West Bengal. Chuansung, a Chinese company, would be the technological collaborators. Important educational institutes are: Uluberia College -- . under NEAC project 2007-08 and scored B++ grade,Among high school "Uluberia high school", Calcutta Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology & Allied Health Sciences (CIPT+) - pharmacy college, Calcutta Institute of Technology (CIT) - engineering college,Calcutta Institute of Management & Technology(CIMT),OmDayal College of Engineering & Architecture,Bharat Technology(BT)."Baniban Girls high School","Baniban Jadurberia Vidhyapith" are famous at that region. The most popular primary school Sarada SishuMandir conducted by Vivekanda vidya bikash Parisad is situated at Tantiberia,kushberia,uluberia. ULUBERIA BOTANICAL INSTITUTE : THE ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL N.G.O. RANKING 3RD AT NEAC PROJECT, GOVT. Ulberia is 25 km from Howrah station --lot of local trains run from HWH.uluberia is a suburban raliway station in howrah kharagpur route and about 25kms away from howrah/ kolkata. EMU local trains are always available from Uluberia to Howrah.
