About Karma Kalan Village

Karma Kalan is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,336, made up of 698 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karma Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	314 hectares
Population	1,336
Male Population	698
Female Population	638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karma Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Karma Kalan is the 35th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 314 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Karma Kalan

Karma Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karma Kalan as Available within village. 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 Kalan from other places

Karma Kalan lies about 25 km from Palamu, 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	12 km
Nearest town	Gumia	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	25 km
District headquarters	Palamu	25 km

Villages closest to Karma Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karma Kalan village had a population of 1,336. That makes it the 35th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Karma Kalan village has 698 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma Kalan has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Karma Kalan is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma Kalan covers 314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karma Kalan falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma Kalan 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karma Kalan.

Karma Kalan is about 25 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma Kalan is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district. Dumri Bihar is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 16 km away. Chhatarpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.