Puruliya City Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Puruliya (M) is a City and Municipality located in Puruliya district in West Bengal. Puruliya city has 3676 housholds and town is divided into 22 wards. Puruliya city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Puruliya city has population of 19544 of which 10050 are males and 9494 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 2474 which is 12.66% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Puruliya city is around 945 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Puruliya city is 67.06% out of which 74.88% males are literate and 58.78% females are literate. There are 28.71% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.48% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Puruliya city.

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Puruliya Population Facts

Number of Households3676
Population19544
Male Population10050 (51.42%)
Female Population9494 (48.58%)
Children Population2474
Sex-ratio945
Literacy67.06%
Male Literacy74.88%
Female Literacy58.78%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.48%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %28.71%

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