Rishra is an Tier Two Industrial Town and has a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Rishra is a town surrounded by River Hooghly in the East, Delhi Highway in the West, Shrirampur(Serampore), Sub-Division town in Hooghly District in the North and Konnagar, also in the district Hooghly in the South. Rishra can be divided into two parts mainly which are RishraEast (Eastern side of the Rishra Station bound by River Hooghly) and Rishra west(Western side of the Rishra Station extended up to Delhi High way). Rishra Station is located in the middle of the town.

As of 2010^[update] India census, Rishra had a population of 513,432. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Rishra has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 69%. In Rishra, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.The population is a mix of native Bengalees,Gujratis,Biharies, Oriyas and Marwaries. It can boast of being multicultural, multiethnic in its composition and have learned to cohabit peacefully being an old industrialist township with one of the oldest largest Jute Mills in India. It has a number of temples, mosques, Churches and even Gurdwaras. People of Rishra are sports loving people and nurture young ones to excel in sports. Football is one of the most loved sports in Rishra . It has a special place in the hearts and minds of Rishrians.

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Uttam Singh's father was a sitar player. His family moved to Mumbai, when Singh was 12. He learned tabla and Western violin. His family used to sing kirtans at various Gurudwaras and religious functions to supplement their income.

Uttam Singh worked as violinist for three years. His big break came in 1963, when he worked as a violinist for a documentary being made by Mohammad Safi (an assistant to Naushad). After this, Uttam Singh played violin for major composers including Naushad, Roshan, Madan Mohan, C. Ramchandra, Sachin Dev Burman. Later, he became the main violinist for S D Burman's son, Rahul Dev Burman.

Singh later partnered with another musician, Jagdish, to arrange music for films. The duo became reputed arrangers, working for over 65 films in several Indian languages. These films included major Rajshri Productions hits, Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!.

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