Puruliya is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 21 Taluks, 2,667 villages and 28 towns in Puruliya district.
As per the Census India 2011, Puruliya district has 567,824 households, population of 2,930,115 of which 1,496,996 are males and 1,433,119 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 410,227 which is 14% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Puruliya district is around
957 compared to
950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Puruliya district is 55.46% out of which 66.94% males are literate and 43.46% females are literate. The total area of Puruliya is 6,259 sq.km with population density of 468 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 87.26% of population lives in Urban area and 12.74% lives in Rural area. There are 19.38% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 18.45% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Puruliya district.
Puruliya Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 2,930,115 | 100% |
| Hindu | 2,373,120 | 80.99% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 309,029 | 10.55% |
| Muslim | 227,249 | 7.76% |
| Christian | 8,646 | 0.3% |
| Religion not stated | 8,188 | 0.28% |
| Jain | 3,052 | 0.1% |
| Sikh | 622 | 0.02% |
| Buddhist | 209 | 0.01% |
Puruliya Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 148 | 6,111 |
| Number of households | 71,988 | 495,836 |
| Total Population | 373,314 | 2,556,801 |
| Population (%) | 51.64% | 48.99% |
| Male Population | 192,788 | 1,304,208 |
| Female Population | 180,526 | 1,252,593 |
| Sex Ratio | 936 | 960 |
| Literacy (%) | 66.98% | 53.77% |
List of Taluks in Puruliya
Check out complete list of all Taluks of Puruliya district, West Bengal
| Taluk | Population | Area (km2) | Pop. Density | Sex-ratio |
|---|
| Para | 200,621 | 235 | 852 | 942 |
| Kashipur | 200,083 | 446 | 448 | 965 |
| Barabazar | 170,564 | 452 | 377 | 975 |
| Purulia - II | 169,488 | 289 | 587 | 960 |
| Arsha | 154,736 | 410 | 378 | 974 |
| Manbazar - I | 154,071 | 378 | 408 | 974 |
| Purulia - I | 151,188 | 300 | 504 | 942 |
| Jhalda - II | 148,156 | 266 | 558 | 964 |
| Hura | 143,575 | 404 | 356 | 970 |
| Balarampur | 137,950 | 301 | 458 | 943 |
| Jhalda - I | 137,143 | 321 | 428 | 957 |
| Bagmundi | 135,579 | 436 | 311 | 950 |
| Jaipur | 133,349 | 199 | 671 | 933 |
| Puncha | 123,855 | 328 | 377 | 976 |
| Raghunathpur - I | 117,760 | 188 | 625 | 934 |
| Raghunathpur - II | 113,790 | 245 | 464 | 943 |
| Neturia | 101,427 | 188 | 541 | 939 |
| Manbazar - II | 97,164 | 279 | 348 | 985 |
| Bundwan | 94,929 | 375 | 253 | 986 |
| Santuri | 78,515 | 189 | 415 | 959 |
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