Purulia is a district in West Bengal State of India. It has a total of 20 Blocks in this district. The district has an total area of 6,259 sq km. There are 28 towns and 210 villages in this district.

Purulia District Population

As per census Purulia has a population of 2,930,115 in 2011 out of which 1,496,996 are male and 1,433,119 are female. Population of Purulia in 2019/2020 is 3,120,484(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,624,905 out of 1,002,058 are male and 622,847 are female. People living in Purulia depend on multiple skills, total workers are 1,249,642 out of which men are 801,254 and women are 448,388. Total 166,814 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 145,180 are cultivated by men and 21,634 are women. 128,475 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 88,883 and 39,592 are women. Purulia sex ratio is 957 females per 1000 of males. Next Purulia Census will be in 2021.

Purulia District Population of Rural and Urban

The district has an total area of 6,259 sq km., 147.53 sq km is urban and 6111.47 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 3,252,428 in the district, 373,314 are in urban area and 2,556,801 are in rural area. 71,988 households are in urban, 495,836 are in rural area. 250,045 literate people are in urban, 1,374,860 are in rural area.

Purulia Demographics
Languages are Bengali

Purulia District Blocks List

Purulia District has total 20 Blocks, Below is the list of Purulia Blocks.

Purulia District Blocks population in 2011, Below is the list of Purulia Blocks househods, total population and as per male and female statistics.

Blocks	Population 2011	Male	Female	Households
Jaipur	133,349	68,977	64,372	24,257
Purulia II	169,488	86,462	83,026	31,749
Para	200,621	103,306	97,315	36,548
Raghunathpur II	113,790	58,568	55,222	20,847
Raghunathpur I	117,760	60,897	56,863	22,702
Neturia	101,427	52,310	49,117	18,728
Santuri	78,515	40,085	38,430	15,116
Kashipur	200,083	101,801	98,282	40,630
Hura	143,575	72,867	70,708	28,368
Purulia I	151,188	77,858	73,330	28,228
Puncha	123,855	62,676	61,179	25,262
Arsha	154,736	78,398	76,338	28,868
Jhalda I	137,143	70,095	67,048	27,709
Jhalda II	148,156	75,453	72,703	27,963
Bagmundi	135,579	69,520	66,059	27,508
Balarampur	137,950	70,995	66,955	26,255
Barabazar	170,564	86,353	84,211	32,467
Manbazar I	154,071	78,039	76,032	31,939
Manbazar II	97,164	48,943	48,221	20,133
Bundwan	94,929	47,798	47,131	20,325

Purulia District Blocks Map

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