About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 995, made up of 488 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Pincode	825315
Area (hectares)	210 hectares
Population	995
Male Population	488
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ 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 52nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 210 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

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 10+ 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 51 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 12 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	Dumri Bihar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	16 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	51 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gumia 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 995. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Karma village has 488 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 825315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karma falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Dumri Bihar, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karma.

Karma is about 51 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Dumri Bihar is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 16 km away. Bokaro is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.