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Karma Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Karma is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 122 families residing. The Karma village has population of 747 of which 398 are males while 349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karma village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 20.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karma village is 877 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karma as per census is 845, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karma village was 60.81 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karma Male literacy stands at 70.38 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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 122 - -
Population 747 398 349
Child (0-6) 155 84 71
Schedule Caste 363 193 170
Schedule Tribe 50 25 25
Literacy 60.81 % 70.38 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 283 172 111
Main Worker 213 - -
Marginal Worker 70 20 50

Caste Factor

In Karma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.69 % of total population in Karma village.

Work Profile

In Karma village out of total population, 283 were engaged in work activities. 75.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 283 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.