[1] Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau.

The focus is on education - the university, the sainik school, the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith at Bongabari, the upcoming medical college at Hatuara, et al.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision.

[10] There is a station at Chharra on the Adra-Purulia sector of the Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line of the South Eastern Railway.

[13] David J. McCutchion says that in the remote areas of old Manbhum district the Jains went on building temples till the 13th century, and many of them are still standing at Bahulara, Harmasra, Deulbhirya, Ambikanagar, Chharra, Pakbirra, Suisa or Deoli, in Bankura and Purulia districts.

[14] Kushtor Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Purulia II CD block.