Purulia, in the western nook used to be an insignificant part of West Bengal till the unauthorized arms were dropped in its vicinity by a Latvian aircraft in the year 1995. However Purulia attained an international limelight with this infamous incident. Presently Purulia survives as one of the developed districts in West Bengal.
Education
The standard of education in Purulia is uplifted primarily by the educational schemes conceived by the government in the recent times. Literacy percentage in the district presently is 56.14%. The Government initiate the process of "Sarva shikshya Karmasuchi" with the beginning of basic training schools providing elemental education to all the children between 6 to 14 years and presently a bunch of primary schools have been constructed throughout Purulia. The initiation of the elemental education and the primary schools induced the foundation of education in Purulia. There is 2998 primary school in Purulia.
The Post Literacy campaign in Purulia started in 1996-97 had already been completed in the year 2002. The success of this campaign results in the effective development in the education in Purulia. At present the district has 11 Degree colleges, one B.ED College, one Polytechnic College and one industrial training Institute.
Demography
As per the demographic survey of 2001, the total population of Purulia is 2,538,233, out of which 19.35 of population is scheduled caste. The literacy rates of males and females are 74.18% and 37.15% of the total population.
According to the reports proved forward by the demographers, Purulia is a land predominate by te Hindus. About 83.42% of the population are Hindus and 7.12 % are Muslims who reside in the interior zone. The dialectical form of Bengali is the principal language here.
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