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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nandkumar Sahu
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- LGD code
- 438694
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population
- 1,681
- Households
- 381
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 922
Census 2011 · in context
How Karma compares
By population, Karma ranks #20 of 42 villages in Beltara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.8%
+3.6% vs mandal average
- Karma
- 64.8%
- Beltara mandal
- 61.2%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+23 vs mandal average
- Karma
- 989
- Beltara mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Karma
- 4.4
- Beltara mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karma at a glance
Karma is a village of 1,681 people in 381 households (Census 2011) in Beltara tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 20th-largest of 42 villages in Beltara tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495449, served by Pali (Korba) post office; the LGD village code is 438694. The sarpanch is Nandkumar Sahu, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,982 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- RATANPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARMA
- Total area (ha)
- 450.44
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 26.47
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karma
- LGD code
- 438694
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,681
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,982
- Households
- 381
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nandkumar Sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Beltara
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View all 41+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)