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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Karma is a village in Ormanjhi mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 3,407 across 541 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SABITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373595
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,407
- Households
- 541
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 888
- Distance to district centre
- 243 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 251 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 #4 of 90 villages in Ormanjhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.7%
+7.0% vs mandal average
- Karma
- 63.7%
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 56.7%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
+21 vs mandal average
- Karma
- 968
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
6.3
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Karma
- 6.3
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karma at a glance
Karma is a village of 3,407 people in 541 households (Census 2011) in Ormanjhi block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 4th-largest of 90 villages in Ormanjhi block. Literacy is 64%, 7 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 243 km from the Ranchi district centre, 0 km from Karma, the nearest town, 12 km from Mirza Cheuki Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373595. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hari Devi Referral Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SABITA DEVI, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 2,358 in 2026, down 31% 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
- No
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARMA
- Total area (ha)
- 114
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
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
- 373595
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,407
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,358
- Households
- 541
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.15067°N, 87.48274°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SABITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ormanjhi
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 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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