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Karma Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Karma is a medium size village located in Medininagar(Daltonganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 165 families residing. The Karma village has population of 810 of which 433 are males while 377 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karma village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 18.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karma village is 871 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karma as per census is 825, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karma village was 56.02 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karma Male literacy stands at 71.10 % while female literacy rate was 38.91 %.

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 165 - -
Population 810 433 377
Child (0-6) 146 80 66
Schedule Caste 345 182 163
Schedule Tribe 136 68 68
Literacy 56.02 % 71.10 % 38.91 %
Total Workers 176 166 10
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 147 145 2

Caste Factor

In Karma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.79 % of total population in Karma village.

Work Profile

In Karma village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 16.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.