FULTA, a large village of Hindustan, province of Bengal, on the east bank of the Hooghly, 20 miles S.S.W. in a straight line from Calcutta, but much more by the windings of the river. It has safe anchorage for ships, where they are protected from the swell of the sea, and where the anchors hold fast, the bottom being stiff clay. Lat. 22.18, Long. 88.10.