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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NARAYAN YADAV
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- LGD code
- 367962
- Pincode
- 825405
- Post office
- Barhi (Hazaribag)
- Population
- 531
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 51%
- Sex ratio
- 967 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 255
- Distance to district centre
- 186 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 165 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 298 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 300 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mirza Cheuki Railway Station · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hari Devi Referral Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karma compares
By population, Karma ranks #69 of 122 villages in Barhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.0%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Karma
- 51.0%
- Barhi mandal
- 54.1%
- Hazaribagh district
- 58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
967
+27 vs mandal average
- Karma
- 967
- Barhi mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
6.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Karma
- 6.1
- Barhi mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karma at a glance
Karma is a village of 531 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Barhi block, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, the 69th-largest of 122 villages in Barhi block. Literacy is 51%, 3 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. It lies 186 km from the Hazaribagh district centre, 0 km from Karma, the nearest town, 12 km from Mirza Cheuki Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825405, served by Barhi (Hazaribag) post office; the LGD village code is 367962. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hari Devi Referral Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is NARAYAN YADAV, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 2,358 in 2026, up 344% 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
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHUMRI TILAIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DULMAHA
- Total area (ha)
- 420
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 162.18
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
- 367962
- Pincode
- 825405
- Post office
- Barhi (Hazaribag)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 531
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,358
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 967
- Literacy rate
- 51.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.15067°N, 87.48274°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NARAYAN YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Barhi
Getting there
How to reach Karma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi298 kmcapital
- Kolkata300 km
- Delhi1089 km
- Hyderabad1270 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMirza Cheuki Railway Station12 km
- Hospital / PHCHari Devi Referral Hospital4 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line43 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)42 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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