Purulia district

Purulia district
Purulia district
District
	Clockwise from top-left: Joychandi Pahar, Banda Deul temple, Ajodhya Hills, Winding hill-road, Chhau dance
	Location of Purulia in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 23°20′N 86°22′E / 23.333°N 86.367°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Medinipur
Headquarters	Purulia
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Purulia,; Bankura (shared with Bankura district),; Jhargram (shared with Paschim Medinipur district and Jhargram district );
• 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	74.48%
• Sex ratio	955/1000
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Average annual precipitation	1100 - 1500 mm
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.