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Karma Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Karma is a medium size village located in Manatu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 72 families residing. The Karma village has population of 353 of which 187 are males while 166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karma village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 19.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karma village is 888 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karma as per census is 943, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karma village was 37.19 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karma Male literacy stands at 40.79 % while female literacy rate was 33.08 %.

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 72 - -
Population 353 187 166
Child (0-6) 68 35 33
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 300 162 138
Literacy 37.19 % 40.79 % 33.08 %
Total Workers 167 91 76
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 88 48 40

Caste Factor

In Karma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.97 % of total population in Karma village.

Work Profile

In Karma village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 47.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.