Purwakarta Regency

Not to be confused with Purwokerto, a city in Central Java province.

Purwakarta Regency (Sundanese: ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ) is a district area located in the Province of West Java, Indonesia. The administrative capital is the large town of Purwakarta, which is approximately 80 km southeast of Jakarta and 44 km northwest of Bandung. This district borders Karawang Regency in the west and Subang Regency in the east, while to the south it borders West Bandung Regency and Cianjur Regency.

Purwakarta Regency Kabupaten Purwakarta
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Sundanese	ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ
Jatiluhur Dam
Coat of arms
Motto:  Wibawa Karta Raharja
Location within West Java
Purwakarta Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Purwakarta Regency Purwakarta Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°33′22″S 107°26′32″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
Government
• Regent	Saepul Bahri Binzein|id
• Vice Regent	Abang Ijo Hapidin|id
Area
• Total	971.72 km2 (375.18 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)
• Total	1,050,344
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
	[1]
The majority are Sundanese, the minority are Javanese, Batak and Betawi
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (WIB)
Area code	0264
HDI	0.678 (Medium)
Website	purwakartakab.go.id

The land area of the Regency is 971.72 km2, and it had a population of 852,521 in the 2010 Census^[2] and 997,869 in the 2020 Census,^[3] while the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,050,344 - comprising 532,509 males and 517,835 females^[1] - for a density of 1,067.2 people per km².^[4] The west of the regency includes the huge reservoir of the Waduk Jatiluhur (which forms a freshwater lake with a surface area of 83 km²), west of Purwakarta town and 70 km from Jakarta, created by the Jatiluhur Dam on the Tarum River.

Administrative districts

The Purwakarta Regency is divided into seventeen districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census^[2] and 2020 Census,^[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.^[1] The table also gives the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 183 rural desa and 9 urban kelurahan - the latter are 9 of the 10 villages in Purwakarta (town) District), and its post code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in sq. km	Pop'n 2010 Census	Pop'n 2020 Census	Pop'n mid 2024 Estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
32.14.03	Jatiluhur	60.11	61,931	73,953	78,410	Jatiluhur	10	41152 - 41161
32.14.15	Sukasari (a)	92.01	14,455	17,258	18,300	Kertamanah	5	41116
32.14.07	Maniis	71.64	31,205	36,052	37,740	Citamiang	8	41166
32.14.08	Tegalwaru	73.23	44,160	53,184	56,570	Sukahaji	13	41165
32.14.04	Plered	31.48	71,099	83,425	87,850	Plered	16	41162
32.14.05	Sukatani	95.43	63,730	76,907	81,870	Sukatani	14	41167
32.14.06	Darangdan	67.39	59,705	70,894	75,000	Darangdan	15	41163
32.14.11	Bojong	68.69	44,757	52,998	56,010	Sukamanah	14	41164
32.14.09	Wanayasa	56.55	38,921	43,303	44,670	Wanayasa	15	41174
32.14.17	Kiarapedes	52.16	23,594	28,387	30,180	Kiarapedes	10	41175
32.14.10	Pasawahan	36.96	40,518	49,458	52,880	Sawah Kulon	12	41171 & 41172
32.14.16	Pondoksalam	44.08	26,329	30,734	32,300	Salammulya	11	41115
32.14.01	Purwakarta (town)	24.83	165,447	179,233	183,000	Nagri Kaler	10 (b)	41111 - 41119
32.14.12	Babakancikao	42.40	47,476	59,909	64,890	Babakancikao Desa	9	41151
32.14.02	Campaka	43.60	40,907	50,342	54,000	Campaka	10	41180
32.14.14	Cibatu	56.50	26,989	31,267	32,760	Cibatu	10	41182
32.14.13	Bungursari	54.66	51,298	60,565	63,930	Bungursari	10	41181
	Totals	971.72	852,521	997,869	1,050,344	Purwakarta	192

Note: (a) Sukasari District lies to the west and north of the vast Waduk Jatiluhur Reservoir, which largely separates it from the rest of the regency.
(b) comprising the 9 kelurahan (Cipaisan, Ciseureuh, Purwamekar, Munjuljaya, Nagrikaler, Nagrikidul, Nagritengah, Sindangkasih and Tegalmunjul), plus one desa.

Toll Road Access

KM	Toll Road	Destination
76	Cipularang Toll Road	Sadang, Purwakarta, Subang
84		Jatiluhur, Purwakarta, Ciganea

Harmoni Award 2016

The Ministry of Religion has awarded a Harmoni Award in 2016 to Purwakarta Regency for religion tolerance in this area. It is one of the only ten such awards across Indonesia. West Java Province is categorized by the Setara Institute as the best for tolerance in Indonesia, although West Java Province itself has not received an award.^[5]