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| blank2_info_sec1        = [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| blank2_info_sec1        = [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1        = [[Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manbazar]], [[Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kashipur]]
| blank3_info_sec1        = [[Manbazar Assembly constituency|Manbazar]], [[Kashipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Kashipur]]
| website                = {{URL|purulia.gov.in/}}
| website                = {{URL|purulia.gov.in/}}
| footnotes              = http://hurablock.org/
| footnotes              = http://hurablock.org/
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In the 2001 census, [[Bengali language|Bengali]] was the mother tongue for 76.6% of the population of the district, followed by [[Santali language|Santali]] 11.4%, [[Kurmali language|Kurmali Thar]] 7.7%, [[Hindi]] 1.9%, [[Urdu]] 1.1%, [[Khortha language|Khortha/ Khotta]] 0.3%, [[Telugu language|Telugu]] 0.2%, [[Odia language|Odia]] 0.1%, [[Mundari language|Mundari]] 0.1% and other languages 0.4%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1914_PART_A_DCHB_PURULIYA.pdf |title =  District Census Handbook Puruliya, Series 20, Part XXA |work = page 44: Mother tongue| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal | access-date = 12 January 2020}}</ref>
In the 2001 census, [[Bengali language|Bengali]] was the mother tongue for 76.6% of the population of the district, followed by [[Santali language|Santali]] 11.4%, [[Kurmali language|Kurmali Thar]] 7.7%, [[Hindi]] 1.9%, [[Urdu]] 1.1%, [[Khortha language|Khortha/ Khotta]] 0.3%, [[Telugu language|Telugu]] 0.2%, [[Odia language|Odia]] 0.1%, [[Mundari language|Mundari]] 0.1% and other languages 0.4%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1914_PART_A_DCHB_PURULIYA.pdf |title =  District Census Handbook Puruliya, Series 20, Part XXA |work = page 44: Mother tongue| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal | access-date = 12 January 2020}}</ref>


There is a tribal presence in many of the CD blocks of the district. [[Santali language|Santali]] was spoken by around 14% of the population of the earlier Manbhum district. Some people also speak [[Mundari language|Mundari]] or [[Kolarian]] languages such as [[Kurmali dialect|Kurmali]], Mundari and the languages of the [[Bhumij]] or [[Mahli tribe|Mahli]] communities.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/manbhum01coup/manbhum01coup_djvu.txt | title = Bengal District Gazetteers - Manbhum by H. Coupland, ICS  |work= Section 72,  First Published 1911|publisher= University of California, San Diego |access-date = 27 September 2016}}</ref>
There is a tribal presence in many of the CD blocks of the district. [[Santali language|Santali]] was spoken by around 14% of the population of the earlier Manbhum district. Some people also speak [[Mundari language|Mundari]] or [[Kolarian]] languages such as [[Kurmali dialect|Kurmali]], Mundari and the languages of the [[Bhumij people|Bhumij]] or [[Mahli tribe|Mahli]] communities.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/manbhum01coup/manbhum01coup_djvu.txt | title = Bengal District Gazetteers - Manbhum by H. Coupland, ICS  |work= Section 72,  First Published 1911|publisher= University of California, San Diego |access-date = 27 September 2016}}</ref>


The West Bengal Official Language (Second Amendment) Bill, 2012, included Hindi, Santhali, Odiya and Punjabi as official languages  if it is spoken by a population exceeding 10 per cent of the whole in a particular block or sub-division or a district.  Subsequently, Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi and Kurmali were also included in the list of minority languages by the West Bengal Official Language (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url =  https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/multi-lingual-bengal/cid/358751  |title = Multilingual Bengal |publisher= The Telegraph,  11 December 2012 | access-date = 15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116  |title = Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi make it to the list of  official languages in Bengal |publisher=  Outlook, 28 February 2015 | access-date = 15 January 2019}}</ref> However, as of 2020, there is no official / other reliable information about the areas covered.
The West Bengal Official Language (Second Amendment) Bill, 2012, included Hindi, Santhali, Odiya and Punjabi as official languages  if it is spoken by a population exceeding 10 per cent of the whole in a particular block or sub-division or a district.  Subsequently, Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi and Kurmali were also included in the list of minority languages by the West Bengal Official Language (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url =  https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/multi-lingual-bengal/cid/358751  |title = Multilingual Bengal |publisher= The Telegraph,  11 December 2012 | access-date = 15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116  |title = Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi make it to the list of  official languages in Bengal |publisher=  Outlook, 28 February 2015 | access-date = 15 January 2019}}</ref> However, as of 2020, there is no official / other reliable information about the areas covered.
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Hura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Hura Assembly constituency]]


{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}