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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LALITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373396
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 660
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 31.4%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 317
- Distance to district centre
- 242 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 182 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 299 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 291 km
- Nearest railway station
- Taljhari · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Borio · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karamba compares
By population, Karamba ranks #50 of 77 villages in Burmu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
31.4%
−23.1% vs mandal average
- Karamba
- 31.4%
- Burmu mandal
- 54.5%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
−28 vs mandal average
- Karamba
- 941
- Burmu mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
6.5
+1.2 vs mandal average
- Karamba
- 6.5
- Burmu mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karamba at a glance
Karamba is a village of 660 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Burmu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 50th-largest of 77 villages in Burmu block. Literacy is 31%, 23 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 242 km from the Ranchi district centre, 6 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 19 km from Taljhari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373396. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Borio, 7 km away. The sarpanch is LALITA DEVI, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 778 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karamba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- OJHASARAM
- Total area (ha)
- 637
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.38
- Forest area (ha)
- 312.9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karamba
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Key facts — Karamba
- LGD code
- 373396
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 660
- Population (projected 2026)
- 778
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 31.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.07959°N, 87.55653°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindri
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LALITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Burmu
Getting there
How to reach Karamba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi299 kmcapital
- Kolkata291 km
- Delhi1099 km
- Hyderabad1270 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTaljhari19 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Borio7 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line50 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)50 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
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