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Purulia AI Report

Date: July 1, 2025

Purulia District in West Bengal, has 3.2% of the state's population. It produces 0.5% of the state's rice, 33.3% of the West Bengal wheat, 33.3% of the state's cotton, 0.05% of the state's potatoes, 33.3% of the West Bengal banana, 33.3% of the state's sugarcane, 0.3% of the state's soybean and 33.3% of the West Bengal onion. The nearest airport is Sonari Airport in Jamshedpur, located 38 Km away.

Purulia is the 313^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Purulia District in West Bengal State. Purulia District is 113^th highest ranked in population and 146^th ranked in area, in India.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Purulia is the 20^th highest ranked in Bengali Script . This indicates a high pool of literate bengali population compared to other cities.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Purulia is the 24^th highest ranked in Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011) . This indicates that this district has more decentralized governance as compare to other districts.

Purulia is the 24^th highest ranked in # of Inhabited Villages out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that the government has paid more attention to development in this district compare to other districts.

Bengali Script

Bengali Script

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

# of Inhabited Villages

# of Inhabited Villages

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)

English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)

English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)

# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)

The Average Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 285. Purulia is the 102^nd worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

The Average English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 162759. Purulia is the 680^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates a lower pool of literate english population compared to other cities.

The Average Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 25014. Purulia is the 642^nd worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies low private sector growth.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Purulia is the 603^rd worst ranked in # of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021) . This indicates that this district is less urbanised and/or has a less developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts

Purulia City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Purulia Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.57%	10^th	7319
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.79%	12^th	9882
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	0.01%	18^th	7496
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.58%	33^rd	2879
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.33%	70^th	6530
Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	0.38%	75^th	3808
Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	0.01%	89^th	3593
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	0.02%	114^th	2691
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.05%	120^th	8853
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	0.04%	121^st	8749
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.01%	123^rd	10461
Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	0.07%	131^st	1878
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	0.01%	136^th	3060
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.02%	179^th	5718
Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	0.01%	200^th	9138
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.08%	301^st	5246
Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	382^nd	4388
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	443^rd	10565

Purulia Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Famous Jain Temples	Famous Jain Temples	1	Pakbirra Jain temples

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Sonari Airport	Jamshedpur	IXW	38 Km

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	3226
2	No of Hospital Beds	1470	88^th	8673
3	No of Doctors	1795	162^nd	2752
4	No of Primary Health Centers	48	293^rd	10049
5	No of Total Hospitals	61	281^st	6493
6	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	158^th	6326
7	No of Community Health Centers	9	186^th	10707

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Nurses	3392	480^th	6669

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	93^rd	7374
2	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	121^st	4020
3	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	173^rd	7353
4	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	68^th	5854
5	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	269^th	2041
6	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	118^th	4328
7	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	124^th	5515

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	53^rd	4863
2	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	75^th	8982
3	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	104^th	7096
4	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	277^th	8783
5	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	310^th	3080
6	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	320^th	3964
7	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	415^th	2019
8	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	443^rd	7537
9	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	446^th	8829
10	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	451^st	4297
11	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	452^nd	6948
12	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	459^th	4554
13	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	483^rd	10711
14	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	508^th	2363
15	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	544^th	8398

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	339^th	7058

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	328^th	3387
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	452^nd	5684

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	148^th	5043
2	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	144^th	1839
3	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	159^th	2380

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	255^th	4202
2	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	258^th	8276
3	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	269^th	10688
4	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	270^th	5635
5	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	271^st	3163
6	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	335^th	6768
7	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	342^nd	6723
8	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	349^th	3851
9	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	397^th	5227
10	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	401^st	3085
11	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	417^th	4656
12	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	426^th	2232
13	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	426^th	2577
14	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	427^th	10972
15	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	446^th	10148
16	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	452^nd	4295
17	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	452^nd	4029
18	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	521^st	1790
19	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	524^th	10442
20	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	527^th	6886
21	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	536^th	4195
22	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	554^th	10210
23	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	571^st	11060
24	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	579^th	3264
25	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	603^rd	5795

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	24^th	2960
2	Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)	285	102^nd	8556
3	Number of Murders (NO, NCRB 2022)	24	124^th	6353
4	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	2654	295^th	3496
5	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	321^st	1293
6	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	362^nd	5654

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	394^th	11014

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	142^nd	3754

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	241^st	10672
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	427^th	6757
3	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	484^th	6495
4	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	649^th	5625
5	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	680^th	4366

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	243^rd	2256
2	Bengali Script	13153	20^th	7432

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	126^th	2055
2	Malayalam Script	6112	131^st	2819
3	Marathi Script	27903	221^st	7153
4	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	255^th	8433
5	Gujarati Script	25953	355^th	9872
6	Tamil Script	23886	369^th	10763
7	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	372^nd	4488
8	Telugu Script	39429	389^th	10597
9	English Multilingual Population	50193	394^th	4420
10	Latin Script (English)	2647	427^th	2169
11	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	475^th	10503
12	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	500^th	2795
13	Kannada Script	23603	511^th	10711
14	Odia Script	5442	541^st	9531

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	207^th	6887

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	320^th	4776
2	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	373^rd	11068

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	143^rd	3451
2	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	108^th	9533
3	# of Inhabited Villages	777	24^th	5231
4	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	137^th	7744
5	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	36^th	6763
6	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	47^th	2117
7	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	46^th	6328

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	300^th	4314
2	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	335^th	4867
3	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	359^th	9139
4	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	366^th	11180
5	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	495^th	1915
6	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	516^th	7462

Population: 121,067 | Population Rank: 313^th

Area (KM²): 6,259 | Area Rank: 146^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	106^th	4411

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	485^th	3042
2	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	581^st	1617
3	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	586^th	9942
4	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	631^st	1908
5	# of Companies,2023	1876	640^th	8597
6	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	642^nd	4832

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Bengali : 101,457
2. Hindi : 13,429
3. English Multilingual Population : 12,143

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	121,067
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	313^th
District Area (km²)	:	6,259
District Area (Rank)	:	146^th
No.of Towns in District	:	28
No. of Villages in District	:	2,667

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A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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