The Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra of the 5th century AD mentions that Purulia was one of the sixteen mahajanapadas and was a part of the kingdom known as Vajra-bhumi in ancient times.

[1][2] 106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of the left wing extremism activities, constitutes the Red corridor.

In West Bengal the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor.

However, as of July 2016, there had been no reported incidents of Maoist related activities from these districts for the previous 4 years.

[4] Certain reports also included the Manbazar I and Joypur CD blocks and some times indicted the whole of the Purulia district.

[5] The Lalgarh movement, which started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area of the Paschim Medinipur district, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed, had also spread over to these areas.

Although the epi-centre of the movement was Lalgarh, it was spread across 19 police stations in three adjoining districts – Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia, all thickly forested and near the border with Jharkhand.

The upper Kangsabati basin has undulating land and the elevation rises from 200 to 300 m and the general slope is from west to east and south-east.

[12] According to the 2011 Census of India, the Joypur CD block had a total population of 133,349, of which 123,090 were rural and 10,259 were urban.

[13] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in the Joypur CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Sidhi (4,665) and Barbenda (5,107).

[13] Other villages in the Joypur CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Mukundpur (2,076), Baragram (2,811), Rop (3,340), Jamra (1,591), Gaghra (1,993) and Upar Kahan (2,960).

[13] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

[16] Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,[17] and other religious communities.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[25] In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in the Joypur CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 0.79%, patta (document) holders 18.13%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 6.27%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 29.91% and agricultural labourers 44.91%.

[26] In 2013-14, the Joypur CD block produced 23,025 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 10,593 hectares.

[26] State Highway 4A running from Tulin to Chas Morh (both in the Purulia district) passes through this block.