# Karma Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Karma

Karma is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,856 people in 415 households**, the 22nd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,856people (2011)
- 415households
- 46.7%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karma

Of every 100 households in Karma in 2011, 10 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karma · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****47%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karma?

■ Karma · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**939

Working population ****49.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.5% for men and 33.3% for women. 56% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (9%) · **■** Marginal 731 (79%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Balarampur

- Baragado Alias Hetyadih2,009 people
- Supurdi1,961 people
- Garga1,958 people
- Ghatbera1,858 people
- Sagma1,818 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people
- Salbani1,627 people
- Hanspur1,585 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karma?1,856 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karma in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karma?46.7% (Census 2011)