Some of them managed a place in industry, because of the preferential treatment they got as a result of people in their community vouching for them. Another line runs between Bankura and Dhanbad also via the Adra Division. It has the mixed culture of Bengal, Jharkhand, and Orrisa as it was a part of these areas for various times. Purulia has excellent road connectivity with Raniganj-Asansol industrial belt. 94 per cent of the city is supplied piped water, almost all of it free. [16], According to the census of 2001, mentioned in the District Census Handbook 2011 Kolkata, Bengali was the mother tongue (language spoken in childhood by the person's mother to the person) of 2,836,647 persons forming 62.0% of the population in Kolkata district, Hindi was mother tongue of 926,186 persons forming 20.3% of the population and Urdu was mother tongue of 623,620 persons forming 13.6% of the population. After World War II, as the British left India, the Marwaris acquired most of their business interests. It is located in the heart of the purulia town. The company soon changed its name to Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. There are 88 km of man-entry big sewers and 92 km of non-man entry brick sewers. NH 18 (NH 32) connects this district with Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Chas and Dhanbad. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the district will be divided into 9 assembly constituencies:[18]. [32]Burrabazar became a stronghold of Marwari businessmen from the middle of the 19th century but their operations remained subservient to British business interests. Buddhists numbered 4,771 and formed 0.1% of the population. In the first half of the 20th century the largest group of migrants were the working-class people from Bihar. [21] Puruliya has a sex ratio of 955 females for every 1000 males,[21] and a literacy rate of 65.38%.[21]. After 1947, they were overtaken in numbers by the refugees from East Pakistan. It includes the entire Kolkata Municipal Corporation area. The distinctiveness of those is well demonstrated with the sentiments and feelings of the population and these are marked with splash of colours and often entwined with pathos, romanticism, velour and social consciousness. The map alongside shows some urbanization around Purulia city. Kalighat was a pilgrimage centre. There are also many private bus operators on this route. [16] In total there are 11 urban units: 3 municipalities and 9 census towns. [12], The brighter side of the story is that a new global market is emerging in the United States and Europe for these unique dhokra products. The total number of literates in Bikna was 2,565 (74.87% of the population over 6 years). In 2011, the number of registered motor vehicles (including two and three wheelers) on the roads of Kolkata was 687,918. [10] DVC is involved with a thermal power plant in Raghunathpur sub division with a capacity of 2400 MW. The economy of the Purulia district is mainly driven by the industrial & Agricultural sector and tourism. National Highway 60A (now NH 314) connects Purulia with State Highway 9 at Bankura and subsequently to NH2 at Durgapur. Purulia got a distinct folk culture of Jhumur, Tusu, Bhadu songs. Kalikata was a lesser known place. Balarampur, Baghmundi, Jaipur, Purulia, Manbazar, Kashipur and Para constituencies will form the Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency). Para and Raghunathpur constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. [3], In 1698, Charles Eyre, son-in-law of the early colonial administrator, Job Charnock, acquired the zemindari rights of Gobindapur, Kalikata and Sutanuti from the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family. It has kept growing and living by the ever-renewed confidence and vitality of its inherent human forces.”[11], Kolkata district lies between 22.037’ and 22.030’ North latitude and 88.023’ and 88.018’ East longitude. [22], Power supply: In 1895, the Government of Bengal passed the Calcutta Electric Lighting Act and in 1897 Kilburn & Co., as agents of The Indian Electric Company Limited, secured the license for electric lighting in Kolkata. The capital is Kolkata. The per capita open space at 20 feet2 is too low. It is a shelter of the migratory birds which comes from Bangladesh, Burma, Sindh, Baluchistan during December to March.[8]. However, many of them found opportunities of income in the urban economy. Across the Hooghly, there were places such as Salkia and Betor. Compass Declination 0º22'W. South Bengal State Transport Corporation runs 4 buses from Purulia to Kolkata via State Highway 5 thus connecting towns and cities like Raghunathpur, Adra, Neturia to the industrial belt of Asansol, Raniganj, Durgapur and Burdwan. The Chamars from the Hindi heartland, many of whom work in the leather industry, have been here for more than a century. They are not counted in the census data for Kolkata. Due to undulated topography nearly 50% of the rainfall flows away as runoff. [12], The district comprises four subdivisions: Purulia Sadar, Jhalda, Raghunathpur and Manbazar. [1], After the Treaty of Allahabad, the East India Company was granted Diwani rights (the right to collect taxes), in 1765, in the eastern province of Bengal-Bihar-Odisha. [16] The district has a population density of 24,252 inhabitants per square kilometre (62,810/sq mi) . Lac is cultivated in all the blocks of Purulia and about 70,000 people are associated with this industry. [13], Kolkata metropolitan area, extending over an area of 1851.41 km2, is one of the six metropolitan areas in India. South west monsoon is the principal source of rainfall in the district. By the turn of the century more Marwari families were in the business limelight: the Poddars, the Mundhras, the Dalmias, the Dugars, the Jalans, the Jhunjhunwalas, the Jaipurias, the Rampurias and the Birlas. [10][11], There is a small community living in Bikna who are involved in making dhokra handicrafts. Raghunathpur subdivision consists of Raghunathpur municipality and six community development blocks: Para, Raghunathpur–I, Raghunathpur–II, Neturia, Santuri and Kashipur. It was a heterogeneous population, sinking differences of caste, creed and colour under the sheer compulsion to interact and survive together. Among the civic amenities, it had 435 domestic electric connections. Bandwan and Manbazar constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. The district has large scale industries like Santaldih Thermal Power Station at Santaldih, Pumped Storage Project at Baghmundi, ACC Damodar Cement Factory at Madhukunda. A large part of the district comprises land reclaimed from wetland. [2] Saheb Bandh is one of the popular and famous waterbodies of Purulia. Human efforts tried to supplement the natural system. Noise pollution levels are also high. Banduan will be an assembly segment of Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency), which will also contain six assembly segments from Paschim Medinipur district. [8] Rainfall defines the climate of the district. The first silent Bengali feature film, Bilwamangal, was produced in 1919 and the first Bengali talkie, Jamai Shashthi, was released in 1931. [23], Water supply: Newspaper reports, quoting KMC officials, say that in 2013 water demand from KMC was 290 million gallons per day and on an average, it supplied 300 mgd. Average annual rainfall varies between 1100 and 1500 mm. They set up a cotton and yarn market at Sutanuti. Little is known about Purulia before the British East India Company acquired this territory by obtaining the grant of Diwani of the subahs of Bengal, Bihar, Odisha in 1765. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. The clash of modernity and traditions had its own problems. [3][4], According to the 2011 Census of India, Bikna had a total population of 3,876 of which 1,961 (51%) were males and 1915 (49%) were females. 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