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About Korma Village

Korma is a small village in Haidernagar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 54 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 630 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korma village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Palamu
Tehsil Haidernagar
Pincode 822115
Area (hectares) 34 hectares
Population 88
Male Population 54
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 630
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Korma compares

By the 2011 count Korma is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,470 residents. Its 34 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Korma

Korma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Korma as Available within 5 - 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korma from other places

Korma lies about 22 km from Palamu. 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 Korma
Nearest town Gumia 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Haidernagar 22 km
District headquarters Palamu 22 km

Villages closest to Korma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korma village had a population of 88. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,470 residents.

Korma village has 54 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korma has about 630 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Korma is 822115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korma covers 34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korma falls under Haidernagar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Korma notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Korma.

Korma is about 22 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korma is in Haidernagar tehsil of Palamu district. Gumia is about 11 km away. Haidernagar is about 22 km away. Palamu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhari (14 km), Kabra Kalan (15 km) and Bahera (16 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Korma today is likely to be higher.

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