About Karma Village

Karma is a small village in Manatu tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 187 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Manatu
Pincode	822122
Area (hectares)	244 hectares
Population	353
Male Population	187
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 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 the 50th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 244 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

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 - 10 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 150 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bendi, about 34 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
Tehsil headquarters	Manatu	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bendi	34 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	34 km
District headquarters	Palamu	150 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manatu 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 353. That makes it the 50th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Karma village has 187 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 822122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 244 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karma falls under Manatu tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Bendi, about 34 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 village for Karma.

Karma is about 150 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karma is in Manatu tehsil of Palamu district. Manatu is about 14 km away. Bendi is about 34 km away. Lātehār is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.