About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 350 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	115 hectares
Population	678
Male Population	350
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 40th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Karma

Karma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karma as Available within 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 44 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, 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	Joramow Railway Station	12 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	44 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jarmundi 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 678. That makes it the 40th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Karma village has 350 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karma falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Joramow Railway Station, 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 10+ km distance for Karma.

Karma is about 44 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Joramow Railway Station is about 12 km away. Madhupur is about 20 km away. Jarmundi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.