Puruliya district
Puruliya in West Bengal had 29.3 lakh people (29,30,115) in the 2011 Census, the 129th most populous of India's 640 districts and 16th of 19 in West Bengal. 64.5% of people aged seven and over could read and write, against 73.0% nationally.
Population, 2011
29.3 lakh
129th of 640 in India, 16th of 19 in West Bengal
Literacy rate
64.5%
492nd in India, 17th in West Bengal
Sex ratio
957
females per 1,000 males; India 943
Child sex ratio (0-6)
953
girls per 1,000 boys; India 918
Urban population
12.7%
3.73 lakh in towns and cities
Households
5.68 lakh
5.2 people per household
Puruliya against West Bengal and India
| Measure, 2011 | Puruliya | West Bengal | India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 29,30,115 | 9,12,76,115 | 1,21,08,54,977 |
| Literacy rate (age 7+) | 64.5% | 76.3% | 73.0% |
| Male literacy | 77.9% | 81.7% | 80.9% |
| Female literacy | 50.5% | 70.5% | 64.6% |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 957 | 950 | 943 |
| Child sex ratio (age 0-6) | 953 | 956 | 918 |
| Urban population | 12.7% | 31.9% | 31.1% |
| Scheduled Castes | 19.4% | 23.5% | 16.6% |
| Scheduled Tribes | 18.4% | 5.8% | 8.6% |
| Workers, share of population | 42.6% | 38.1% | 39.8% |
| Women who work, share of women | 31.3% | 18.1% | 25.5% |
| Children aged 0-6, share of population | 14.0% | 11.6% | 13.6% |
| Persons per household | 5.16 | 4.48 | 4.85 |
Literacy in Puruliya, West Bengal and India
People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011
What workers do in Puruliya
Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011
Other districts in West Bengal
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Twenty Four Parganas | 1,00,09,781 | 84.1% | 955 | 57.3% |
| 2 | South Twenty Four Parganas | 81,61,961 | 77.5% | 956 | 25.6% |
| 3 | Barddhaman | 77,17,563 | 76.2% | 945 | 39.9% |
| 4 | Murshidabad | 71,03,807 | 66.6% | 958 | 19.7% |
| 5 | Paschim Medinipur | 59,13,457 | 78.0% | 966 | 12.2% |
| 6 | Hugli | 55,19,145 | 81.8% | 961 | 38.6% |
| 7 | Nadia | 51,67,600 | 75.0% | 947 | 27.8% |
| 8 | Purba Medinipur | 50,95,875 | 87.0% | 938 | 11.6% |
| 9 | Haora | 48,50,029 | 83.3% | 939 | 63.4% |
| 10 | Kolkata | 44,96,694 | 86.3% | 908 | 100.0% |
| 11 | Maldah | 39,88,845 | 61.7% | 944 | 13.6% |
| 12 | Jalpaiguri | 38,72,846 | 73.3% | 953 | 27.4% |
| 13 | Bankura | 35,96,674 | 70.3% | 957 | 8.3% |
| 14 | Birbhum | 35,02,404 | 70.7% | 956 | 12.8% |
| 15 | Uttar Dinajpur | 30,07,134 | 59.1% | 939 | 12.1% |
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Questions
What is the population of Puruliya district?
Puruliya district had 29,30,115 people in the 2011 Census (14,96,996 males and 14,33,119 females). It was the 129th most populous of India's 640 districts and 16th of 19 in West Bengal.
What is the literacy rate of Puruliya?
64.48% in 2011: 77.86% for men and 50.52% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The West Bengal rate was 76.26% and India's 72.98%.
What is the sex ratio of Puruliya?
957 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 950 in West Bengal and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 953 girls per 1,000 boys.
How urban is Puruliya?
12.7% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, less than the West Bengal share of 31.9%.
Is this the latest data?
Yes for district-level counts of population, literacy and workers: the 2011 Census is the latest completed census. Census 2027 will replace these figures. District boundaries are as they were in 2011.
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India in Data, "Puruliya district, West Bengal: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/west-bengal/puruliya. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).
About these figures
All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.
Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.
Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).