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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
varsha pravin bokse
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- LGD code
- 542644
- Pincode
- 445202
- Post office
- Darwha
- Population
- 359
- Households
- 94
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Sex ratio
- 777 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 190
- Distance to district centre
- 351 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 318 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 253 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 368 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pophlaj · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gholap Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karmala compares
By population, Karmala ranks #113 of 144 villages in Darwha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.9%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Karmala
- 76.9%
- Darwha mandal
- 72.6%
- Yavatmal district
- 73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
777
−171 vs mandal average
- Karmala
- 777
- Darwha mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Karmala
- 3.8
- Darwha mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karmala at a glance
Karmala is a village of 359 people in 94 households (Census 2011) in Darwha taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 113th-largest of 144 villages in Darwha taluka. Literacy is 77%, 4 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 777 women per 1,000 men. It lies 351 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 7 km from Borgaon, the nearest town, 18 km from Pophlaj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445202, served by Darwha post office; the LGD village code is 542644. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gholap Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is varsha pravin bokse, and the village votes in Washim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Ramcharan Khode. The population is estimated at 423 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karmala · this village | 359 | 77% | — |
| Karmala · Loha | 228 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Hivarwadi · Khatav | 859 | 70% | 1.2 km NW |
| Roshewadi · Karmala | 917 | 68% | 2.7 km SW |
| Devichamal · Peth | 490 | 57% | 2.7 km SE |
| Pothare · Karmala | 3,882 | 64% | 4.4 km NE |
| Dhaykhindi · Karmala | 958 | 64% | 5.2 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karmala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DARWHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 590.67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 354.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 52.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karmala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karmala
- LGD code
- 542644
- Pincode
- 445202
- Post office
- Darwha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 359
- Population (projected 2026)
- 423
- Households
- 94
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 777
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.42822°N, 75.18314°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Washim
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyam Ramcharan Khode
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- varsha pravin bokse
- Block / Mandal
- Darwha
Getting there
How to reach Karmala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai253 kmcapital
- Hyderabad368 km
- Bengaluru659 km
- Chennai806 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPophlaj18 km
- Bus stopSade Bus Stop19 km
- Hospital / PHCGholap Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankBOI19 km
- CollegeITI COLLEGE INDAPUR38 km
- Police stationHighway Police45 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Karmala
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Karmalai TempleTemple3.7 km ↗
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)