Puruliya vs Darjiling
Population
29.3 lakh
18.5 lakh
Areakm²
6,259
3,149
Population densityper km²
468
586
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
957
970
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
953
953
Literacy rate%
64.48
79.56
Female literacy%
50.52
73.33
Urban population%
12.7
39.4
Scheduled Castes% of people
19.4
17.2
Scheduled Tribes% of people
18.5
21.5
Workers in farming% of workers
60.9
20.8
Household industry workers% of workers
7.0
2.4
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
25.2
57.3
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
4.1
27.3
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
9.0
48.4
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.