a town of Bengal, district of Hooghly, on the eastern bank of the river Hooghly. It stands 33 miles below Calcutta, at the mouth of a creek that gives shelter to boats from the impetuosity of the tide, which runs there with great violence. Opposite the town is the place of anchorage for large ships which cannot get higher up the river. The shores here are a bed of mud, and the banks of the river are covered with thick jungle. Culpe is considered extremely unhealthy, on account of the swamps and woods by which it is surrounded. E. Long. 88.18.; N. Lat. 22.6.