Hugli-Chinsura

Hugli-Chinsura

or

Hooghly-Chinsura

(both: ho͞o`glē-chĭn`so͝orə), city (1991 pop. 142,388), West Bengal state, E India, on the Hugli River. A road and rail junction, the town has many large rice mills. Rubber goods are also manufactured.