Purulia Zilla School

Purulia Zilla School
Purulia Zilla School
Location
	Purulia , West Bengal ; India
Coordinates	23°19′32″N86°21′28″E / 23.3255381°N 86.3577962°E
Information
Type	10+2
Established	1 May 1853;170 years ago
School board	West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education ; West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
School district	Purulia
Principal	Barid Baran Mishra
Faculty	30+
Grades	Class pre primary(nursery and kg) and 1 through XII
Number of students	1500 (approximate)
Language	Bengali
Campus	urban
Affiliation	WBCHSE WBBSE

Last updated January 24, 2024

Purulia Zilla School is one of the oldest existing schools in Purulia district, West Bengal, India. It offers grades from class I to class XII. It has two sections. Grade I to Grade V in the morning section and Grade VI to Grade XII in the Day Section. In the morning section it is run by a Teacher-In-Charge and ten other teachers. In the day section it is run by 28 teachers along with a Headmaster and an Assistant Head Master.^[2] Once it was a Co-education School but now it is a Boys' School. The main language of instruction used is Bengali.

History

Purulia Zilla School was established in 1853. Initially it was named as Purulia High School and later it was renamed to Purulia Zilla School. This school was set up by British Rulers in a view to work in the interest of the people and to produce some good quality and skilled employees.^[2]

Affiliation

It was under Calcutta University until 1916 and Patna University from 1917 to 1950. It was under Patna Board from 1951 to 1956. Currently it is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary.

Location

It is located at a distance of 323 kilometers from Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal. It is 85 kilometers from Asansol and 250 kilometers from Burdwan. It is situated in the central location of Purulia District. It is two kilometers away from Purulia Railway Station and around half kilometer away from Purulia Bus Stand.

Infrastructure

Purulia Zilla School is situated in 40 acres of land area. It contains 25 classrooms and 6 laboratories. It also has a conference room. There is a boys hostel with capacity of 100 students.

Library

It has a library with a seating capacity of 50 students. It contains 28,740 volumes (as on 31.12.2012).^[3]

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References

↑ "Purulia Zilla School". Facebook . Retrieved 6 September 2012.
1 2 "History" . Retrieved 6 September 2012.
↑ "School Infrastructure" . Retrieved 6 September 2012.

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[1] "Purulia Zilla School". Facebook . Retrieved 6 September 2012.

[history-2] 1 2 "History" . Retrieved 6 September 2012.

[3] "School Infrastructure" . Retrieved 6 September 2012.

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