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Karma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Karma is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 415 families residing. The Karma village has population of 1856 of which 945 are males while 911 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karma village population of children with age 0-6 is 298 which makes up 16.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karma village is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karma as per census is 987, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karma village was 46.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karma Male literacy stands at 59.50 % while female literacy rate was 33.29 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karma village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karma village.

Karma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 415 - -
Population 1,856 945 911
Child (0-6) 298 150 148
Schedule Caste 167 89 78
Schedule Tribe 799 417 382
Literacy 46.66 % 59.50 % 33.29 %
Total Workers 920 531 389
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 731 365 366

Caste Factor

In Karma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.00 % of total population in Karma village.

Work Profile

In Karma village out of total population, 920 were engaged in work activities. 20.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 920 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.