About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Bariyatu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 418 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 831 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Bariyatu
Pincode	829202
Area (hectares)	831 hectares
Population	835
Male Population	418
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 31st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 831 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

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 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 32 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kechki, 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	Kechki	12 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bariyatu	32 km
District headquarters	Latehar	32 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bariyatu 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 835. That makes it the 31st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Karma village has 418 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 829202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 831 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karma falls under Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

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

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

Karma is in Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district. Kechki is about 12 km away. Medininagar is about 23 km away. Bariyatu is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.