| Voice of Puruliya :
Shyam Sunder Kuir
Purulia is a drought prone district.
The water resources are not organized properly leading to acute
shortage of water.
The literacy percentage of Purulia is very poor.
Women are denied educated. Hardly any women are literate.
In Purulia, the Jhalda block has the lowest women literacy in Asia.
Agriculture is the only source of income. People have very limited
employment opportunities as there are no major industries around.
This had led to major issue of unemployment.
People migrate to other places in search of livelihood.
Health sector needs lot of improvement. We do not have good doctors.
People travel long distance to get treated.
Puruliya District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 6259.0 Km2
Population in Puruliya (Census 2011)
Under 6 population
Total : 393562
Male : 202165
Female : 191397
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 58721
In seeing : 25750
In speech : 5829
In hearing : 6613
In movement : 13642
Mental : 6887
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 74
Sex Ratio Rank : 368
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 111 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 447 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Puruliya District
Purulia. Just north of the Kasai River, the town is a major road
and rail junction and the region's major agricultural distribution
centre. Oilseed milling, silk and cotton weaving, and canework and
shellac manufacture are the major industries. A dam across the Kasai
near Purulia provides a reservoir, flood control, and irrigation
for the area. Nearby are several 7th-century Jaina temple ruins.
Purulia, constituted a municipality in 1876, has four colleges affiliated
with the University of Burdwan.
Purulia : A district brought to the state from
Bihar. Backward both economically and socially. Soil of the district
in large part of the district is yet to be reclaimed, as those are
rocky in nature. Rich in mineral deposits. Ajodhya Hill is not only
a tourist spot but also experimental growth center for cultivation
of Tea.
Taluk Headquarters: Jhalida, Baghmundi, Balarampur,
Barabazar, Bandwan, Manbazar, Puncha, Hura, Kashipur, Santuri, Nituria,
Raghunathpur, Para, Santhaldihi, Purulia Muffasil, Arsha, Jaipur.
The district of Purulia in Bengal was once a great
centre of Jainism.1 The area of this district was the connecting
link with Orissa and Bihar. Jainism as a religious creed had a great
hold on Orissa and there is no wonder that there should be a considerable
impact of Jainism one the adjoining Purulia district. The district
Purulia was also the via media through which a close contact with
Bihar was maintained. ( 1 Purulia district previously formed a part
of Manbhum district in Chotanagpur Division of Bihar. According
to the implementation of the recommendations of the States Reorganization
Commission, a portion of Manbhum district was made over to Bengal
and now forms Purulia district. The tow of Purulia, which is headquarters
of the district now, was also the headquarters of Manbhum district
in Bihar.) |
