Parulia is a village in

Purbasthali II Purbasthali II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Patuli, a constituent gram panchayat of Purbasthali II CD Block ...

CD block in

Kalna subdivision Kalna subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Kalna subdivision is spread mostly across the Bhagirathi basin, with its western part intruding into the Bardhaman p ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Parulia is located at .

Urbanisation

87.00% of the population of Kalna subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 13.00% of the population live in the urban areas. 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.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

Parulia had a total population of 6,447 of which 3,328 (52%) were males and 3,118 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 585. The total number of literates in Parulia was 4,940 (84.27% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The

State Highway 6 (West Bengal) State Highway 6 (West Bengal) is a state highway in West Bengal, India. Route SH 6 originates from Rajnagar and passes through Chandrapur, Suri, Purandarpur, Ahmadpur, Labhpur, Kirnahar, Kandra, Ketugram, Katwa, Nabadwip, Kalna, Jirat, Sapta ...

, running from Rajnagar (in Birbhum district) to Alampur (in Howrah district), passes through Parulia.

Education

Purbasthali College Purbasthali College, established in 2009, is an undergraduate general and honours degree college in Parulia, Bardhaman, Parulia in Purbasthali II CD Block in Purba Bardhaman district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to ...

was established at Parulia in 2009. It offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, education, history and philosophy.

References

Villages in Purba Bardhaman district {{PurbaBardhaman-geo-stub