About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,864, made up of 965 males and 899 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.98 hectares hectares.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Tehsil	Sikandra
Area (hectares)	303.98 hectares
Population	1,864
Male Population	965
Female Population	899
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karma compares

By the 2011 count Karma is the 25th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents. Its 303.98 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Karma

Karma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karma as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karma from other places

Karma lies about 18 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Bashuachak Halt, about 17 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karma
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Bashuachak Halt	17 km
District headquarters	Jamui	18 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	18 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Karma

As per the Census of India 2011, Karma village had a population of 1,864. That makes it the 25th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents.

Karma village has 965 males and 899 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Karma covers 303.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karma falls under Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Bashuachak Halt, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karma.

Karma is about 18 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma is in Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district. Sikandra is about 2.0 km away. Bashuachak Halt is about 17 km away. Jamui is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.