Purulia

Geography

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Location

Purulia is located at . It has an average elevation of 228 metres (748 feet).

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Purulia Sadar subdivision covers the central portion of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. The map alongside shows some urbanization around Purulia city. 18.58% of the population, the highest among the subdivisions of the district, lives in urban areas. There are 4 census towns in the subdivision. The Kangsabati (locally called Kansai) flows through the subdivision. The subdivision has old temples, some of them belonging to the 11th century or earlier. The focus is on education - the university, the sainik school, the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith at Bongabari, the upcoming medical college at Hatuara, et al.

The area is served by the Purulia Junction railway station.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Climate

Summers are hot and dry, with temperatures ranging from lows of 23 °C to highs above 38 °C. Winters are dry and cool, with daily temperatures ranging from 12 °C to 26 °C. Most of the rainfall occurs during the wet monsoons.

| Jan record high C = 33.4 | Feb record high C = 37.3 | Mar record high C = 41.7 | Apr record high C = 46.0 | May record high C = 46.3 | Jun record high C = 46.2 | Jul record high C = 40.7 | Aug record high C = 37.8 | Sep record high C = 39.0 | Oct record high C = 36.3 | Nov record high C = 35.1 | Dec record high C = 33.3 | year record high C = 46.3 | Jan record low C = 3.8 | Feb record low C = 6.3 | Mar record low C = 10.7 | Apr record low C = 13.5 | May record low C = 15.6 | Jun record low C = 18.3 | Jul record low C = 17.8 | Aug record low C = 17.2 | Sep record low C = 17.0 | Oct record low C = 13.2 | Nov record low C = 7.7 | Dec record low C = 5.7 | year record low C = 3.8 | access-date = April 8, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | access-date = 18 January 2021}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | access-date = 18 January 2021}}

Administration

Police stations

Purulia (Town) police station has jurisdiction over Purulia municipality and parts of Purulia I and Purulia II CD Blocks. The area covered is 13.9 km2 and the population covered is 151,210.

Demographics

|1872|5696 |1881|9305 |1891|12128 |1901|17291 |1911|20886

Languages

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Purulia (Muffasil) police station has jurisdiction over parts of Purulia I and Purulia II CD Blocks. The area covered is 434.57 km2 and the population covered is 235,853.

Purulia Sadar Women police station was opened in 2014 at Bhatbandh, As of 2016, it is covering the jurisdiction of Purulia (T) PS, Purulia (M) PS, Kotshila PS, Arsha PS, Jhalda PS and Joypur PS.

Education

University

• Sidho Kanho Birsha University

Degree colleges

• Raghunathpur College
• Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia
• Achhruram Memorial College
• Bikramjit Goswami Memorial College
• Balarampur College
• J.K. College, Purulia
• Kashipur Michael Madhusudhan Mahavidyalaya
• Nistarini Women's College

Engineering colleges

• Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College

Medical colleges

• Purulia Government Medical College and Hospital
• Purulia Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital

Polytechnic colleges

• Purulia Polytechnic

Schools

• JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA PURULIA
• Sainik School, Purulia
• Purulia Zilla School
• DSK DAV Public School
• The Assembly of God Church School
• G.R.K. Public School
• Purulia M.M. High School
• Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith
• Kulabahal Paramhansa Yogananda Vidyapith
• AGPN Convent & ER School
• BSS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
• KASTURBA HINDI BALIKA VIDYALAY
• St. XAVIER'S School
• St. Peter's School

Notable people

• Gambhir Singh Mura

References

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