About Karma Village

Karma is a small village in Tarhasi tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 38 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822118, 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	Tarhasi
Pincode	822118
Area (hectares)	47.29 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	38
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karma compares

By the 2011 count Karma is the 86th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 853 residents. Its 47.29 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 948.

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 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 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 122 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 14 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	Balumath	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarhasi	22 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	32 km
District headquarters	Palamu	122 km

Villages closest to Karma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tarhasi 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 71. That makes it the 86th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 853 residents.

Karma village has 38 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karma has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Karma is 822118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karma covers 47.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karma falls under Tarhasi tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karma is Balumath, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Karma.

Karma is about 122 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 Tarhasi tehsil of Palamu district. Balumath is about 14 km away. Tarhasi is about 22 km away. Chatrā is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.