About Karma Village

Karma is a mid sized village in Medininagar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 810, made up of 433 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822132, 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	Medininagar
Pincode	822132
Area (hectares)	324 hectares
Population	810
Male Population	433
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karma compares

By the 2011 count Karma is the 24th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,594 residents. Its 324 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 933.

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 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karma from other places

Karma 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
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	12 km
Nearest town	Gumia	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Medininagar	25 km
District headquarters	Palamu	25 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Medininagar 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 810. That makes it the 24th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,594 residents.

Karma village has 433 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 822132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 324 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karma falls under Medininagar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Dumri Bihar, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

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