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About Purulia Village

Purulia is a small village in Kharagpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 44 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,273 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purulia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purulia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Pincode 721149
Area (hectares) 49.88 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 44
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,273
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purulia compares

By the 2011 count Purulia is the 287th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 49.88 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Purulia

Purulia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purulia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pechanagar, Pelagerya, Penyachak and Phate Chak. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Purulia

As per the Census of India 2011, Purulia village had a population of 100. That makes it the 287th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Purulia village has 44 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purulia has about 1273 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Purulia is 721149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purulia covers 49.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purulia falls under Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purulia notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purulia.

Purulia is in Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Purulia today is likely to be higher.

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