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About Karumama Village

Karumama is a small village in Jhalda II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 225 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karumama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karumama village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda II
Pincode 723213
Area (hectares) 154 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 225
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karumama compares

By the 2011 count Karumama is the 96th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 960.

Getting to Karumama

Karumama is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karumama as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kachahatu, Kanriyar, Kanthali and Kanudi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karumama

As per the Census of India 2011, Karumama village had a population of 413. That makes it the 96th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents.

Karumama village has 225 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karumama has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Karumama is 723213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karumama covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karumama falls under Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Karumama notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Karumama is in Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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