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About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 266 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sasaram
Area (hectares) 136 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 266
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karma compares

By the 2011 count Karma is the 114th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Karma

Karma is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karma as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 28 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Khurmabad, about 11 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
Nearest railway station Khurmabad 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Sasaram 13 km
Nearest town Sasarām 13 km
District headquarters Rohtas 28 km

Villages closest to Karma

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

Common questions about Karma

As per the Census of India 2011, Karma village had a population of 538. That makes it the 114th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Karma village has 266 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Karma covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karma falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Khurmabad, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karma.

Karma is about 28 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Khurmabad is about 11 km away. Sasaram is about 13 km away. Sasarām is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajekarma (under 2 km), Jamahath (3.2 km) and Darigawan (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karma today is likely to be higher.

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