Karma is a

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Koderma Kodarma (also spelled as Koderma) is a city and a notified area in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarter of Koderma district. Demographics As per the ...

CD block in the Koderma subdivision of the

Koderma district Koderma district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India and Koderma is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jhumri Telaiya is the most populus town of koderma district. It shar ...

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Geography

Location

Karma is located at .

Overview

Koderma district is plateau territory and around 60% of the total area is covered with forests. The first dam of the

Damodar Valley Corporation Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a statutory corporation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent ...

, at Tilaiya was built across the Barakar River and inaugurated in 1953.

Koderma Junction railway station Koderma Junction railway station, station code KQR, is railway station of the Indian railway under Dhanbad railway division of East Central Railway zone serving the city of Jhumri Telaiya near by koderma, Koderma city, the headquarters of ...

has emerged as an important railway centre in the region. It is a predominantly rural district with only 19.72% urban population. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Karma had a total population of 5,753, of which 2,992 (52%) were males and 2,761 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,089. The total number of literate persons in Karma was 3,479 (74.59% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Kodarma'', Karma covered an area of 1.82 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 15 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 733 domestic electric connections, 10 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary and senior secondary schools at Jhumri Telaiya 4 km away. It had the branch offices of 4 nationalised banks.

Education

Koderma Medical College is being set up at Karma. Jhumri Telaiya Commerce College was established in 1984 at Karma. It offers BA (Hons) and B Com courses.

References

{{Koderma District Cities and towns in Koderma district