About Karma Village

Karma is a small village in Panki tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 30 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 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	Panki
Pincode	822122
Area (hectares)	54 hectares
Population	54
Male Population	30
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 167th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 857 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

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 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 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	Panki	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 Panki 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 54. That makes it the 167th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 857 residents.

Karma village has 30 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

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

Karma covers 54 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 Panki 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village 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 Panki tehsil of Palamu district. Dumri Bihar is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 16 km away. Panki is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.