Village · Narayanpur, Jamtara
# Karmai

Karmai is a village in Narayanpur sub-district of Jamtara district, Jharkhand, PIN code 815352. The 2011 Census counted 1,649 people in 305 households, the 23rd largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.7%.
- 1,649 people (2011)
- 305 households
- 47.8% literacy
- 815352 PIN code

## Karmai PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Karmai is 815352. Karmai falls in Narayanpur sub-district, Jamtara district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 815352
- Gram panchayat Kurta
- Community development block Narayanpur
- Census village code 372387

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Karmai from nearby towns?
- Narayanpur (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Jamtara (district HQ) 25 km by road
- Jamtara (nearest town) 25 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Karmai?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Karmai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● TB clinic In village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ● Alternative medicine hospital In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Dispensary In village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ● Mobile health clinic In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Jamtara
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Karmai known for?

The main crops are rice. About 22% of the 360 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Karmai

Of every 100 households in Karmai in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karmai · ■ Narayanpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 6% 15%
- Toilet within the home 0% 3%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 82%
- Use banking services 13% 33%
- Television 8% 8%
- Mobile phone 36% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 20% 20%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Karmai?

■ Karmai · ■ Narayanpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 47.8% 55.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 980 953
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 842 962
- Working population 52.0% 39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 35.6% for women. 56% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 65 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 15 (2%) · ■ Marginal 772 (90%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Narayanpur
- Bhagabandh 1,735 people
- Chihutia 1,730 people
- Loknia 1,719 people
- Pokhariya 1,689 people
- Chirudi 1,619 people
- Kurta 1,613 people
- Posta 1,601 people
- Nawadih 1,591 people

All 262 villages in Narayanpur

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Karmai? 815352
- How far is Karmai from Jamtara? 25 km by road
- What is the population of Karmai? 1,649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karmai in? Jamtara district (Narayanpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Karmai? 47.8% (Census 2011)

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