Puruliya District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

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

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total2,930,115100%
Hindu2,373,12080.99%
Other religions and persuasions309,02910.55%
Muslim227,2497.76%
Christian8,6460.3%
Religion not stated8,1880.28%
Jain3,0520.1%
Sikh6220.02%
Buddhist2090.01%

Puruliya Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)1486,111
Number of households71,988495,836
Total Population373,3142,556,801
Population (%)51.64%48.99%
Male Population192,7881,304,208
Female Population180,5261,252,593
Sex Ratio936960
Literacy (%)66.98%53.77%

List of Taluks in Puruliya

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Puruliya district, West Bengal
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Para200,621235852942
Kashipur200,083446448965
Barabazar170,564452377975
Purulia - II169,488289587960
Arsha154,736410378974
Manbazar - I154,071378408974
Purulia - I151,188300504942
Jhalda - II148,156266558964
Hura143,575404356970
Balarampur137,950301458943
Jhalda - I137,143321428957
Bagmundi135,579436311950
Jaipur133,349199671933
Puncha123,855328377976
Raghunathpur - I117,760188625934
Raghunathpur - II113,790245464943
Neturia101,427188541939
Manbazar - II97,164279348985
Bundwan94,929375253986
Santuri78,515189415959

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Puruliya Population Facts

Number of Households567,824
Population2,930,115
Male Population1,496,996 (51.09%)
Female Population1,433,119 (48.91%)
Children Population410,227
Area6,259 km2
Population density/km2468
Sex-ratio957
Literacy55.46%
Male Literacy66.94%
Female Literacy43.46%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %18.45%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %19.38%

Map of Puruliya, West Bengal