Purulia district

Purulia
District
Clockwise from top-left: Joychandi Pahar, Banda Deul temple, Ajodhya Hills, Winding hill-road, Chhau dance
Location of Purulia district in West Bengal
Location of Purulia district in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°20′N 86°22′E / 23.333°N 86.367°E / 23.333; 86.367
Country India
State West Bengal
DivisionMedinipur
HeadquartersPurulia
Government
 • SubdivisionsPurulia Sadar, Manbazar, Jhalda, Raghunathpur
 • CD BlocksPurulia I, Purulia II, Hura, Balarampur, Arsha, Manbazar I, Manbazar II, Barabazar, Bandwan, Puncha, Jhalda I, Jhalda II, Joypur, Baghmundi, Para, Raghunathpur I, Raghunathpur II, Neturia, Santuri, Kashipur
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesPurulia, Bankura, Jhargram
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesBandwan, Balaram, Baghmundi, Joypur, Purulia, Manbazar, Kashipur, Para, Raghunathpur
 • District MagistrateDr. Rajat Nanda, IAS[1]
Area
 • Total6,259 km2 (2,417 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,930,115
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy75.48 per cent
 • Sex ratio955 ♂/♀
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[2][3]
 • Additional officialEnglish[2]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitepurulia.gov.in

Purulia district (Pron: puruliːaː) is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur-Adra, Jhalda, Anara and Balarampur.

  1. ^ "District Magistrate". Purulia District, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.