Purulia district

Purulia
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
	Coordinates: 23°20′N 86°22′E / 23.333°N 86.367°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Medinipur
Established	1956
Headquarters	Purulia
Government
• Subdivisions	Purulia Sadar, Manbazar, Jhalda, Raghunathpur
• CD Blocks	Purulia 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 constituencies	Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Bandwan, Balarampur, Baghmundi, Joypur, Purulia, Manbazar, Kashipur, Para, Raghunathpur
Area
• Total	6,259 km2 (2,417 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,930,115
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	75.48 per cent
• Sex ratio	955 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	purulia.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.

^ ^a ^b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "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.

[wblangoff-1] "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[2] "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.

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