Purulia
Purulia is a county in West Bengal, Eastern India.Places of Interest
Highlights: Purulia Junction railway station and Purulia Zilla School.
Purulia Zilla School
School building
Purulia Zilla School is one of the oldest existing schools in Purulia district, West Bengal, India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purulia.
Purulia
Purulia, officially Purulia Sadar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.Purulia
- Type: County with 2,930,000 residents
- Also known as: “Purūlia” and “Puruliya”
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.3333° or 23° 20′ north
Longitude
86.4167° or 86° 25′ east
Population
2,930,000
Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)
Abbreviation
“PRL”
Open location code
7MM88CM8+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Hindi—“Purulia” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পুরুলিয়া”
- Hindi: “पुरुलिया”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ketika Railway colony and Sonaijuri.
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Highlights: Jomna Band and Super Speciality Hospital.
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