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About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,754, made up of 871 males and 883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825406
Area (hectares) 470.24 hectares
Population 1,754
Male Population 871
Female Population 883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karma compares

By the 2011 count Karma is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 470.24 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Karma

Karma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karma as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 32 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 6.8 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 Barhi 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 15 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 25 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 32 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauparan 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 1,754. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Karma village has 871 males and 883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 470.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karma falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Barhi, about 6.8 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 village for Karma.

Karma is about 32 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 6.8 km away. Chauparan is about 15 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hazari Dhamna (4.1 km), Ganga Ahar (5.3 km) and Keola (6.0 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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