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	{{Infobox settlement		{{Infobox settlement
	\| name = Karmatar		\| name = Karmatar
	~~\| native_name =~~
	~~\| native_name_lang =~~
	\| other_name = Karmatar Vidyasagar		\| other_name = Karmatar Vidyasagar
	\| nickname =		\| nickname =
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	\| ~~pushpin_map~~ = ~~India Jharkhand#India~~		\| image_map = Karmatanr Vidyasagar in Jamtara (Jharkhand).svg
	~~\| pushpin_label_position = right~~
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	~~\| pushpin_map_caption = Location~~ in Jharkhand~~, India 24°5'2"N 86°42'8"E~~
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|24\|5\|2\|N\|86\|42\|8\|E\|display=inline,title}}		\| coordinates = {{coord\|24\|5\|2\|N\|86\|42\|8\|E\|display=inline,title}}
	\| subdivision_type = Country		\| subdivision_type = Country
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	==History==		==History==
	[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], the scholar-social reformer and a key figure in the [[Bengal Renaissance]] came to Karmatar in 1873 and spent more than 18 years of his life here.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030826/asp/jharkhand/story_2298943.asp \|title= Vidyasagar legacy lost in sands of time \| publisher= The Telegraph, 26 August 2003 \| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref> In 1974, the railway station at Karmatar was renamed Vidyasagar.<ref>{{cite book\| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H3g9BAAAQBAJ&q=karmatar+renamed+Vidyasagar&pg=PR16 \|title= Vidyasagar:The Life and After-life of an Eminent Indian\| first= Brian A.\|last= Hatcher\| work= Introduction\|date= 7 August 2014\| isbn= 978-0-415-73630-5 \| publisher= Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 912 Tolstoy House, 15-17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110 001\| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>		[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], the scholar-social reformer and a key figure in the [[Bengal Renaissance]], came to Karmatar in 1873 and spent more than 18 years of his life here.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030826/asp/jharkhand/story_2298943.asp \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030908203854/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030826/asp/jharkhand/story_2298943.asp \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 8 September 2003 \|title= Vidyasagar legacy lost in sands of time \| publisher= The Telegraph, 26 August 2003 \| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref> In 1974, the railway station at Karmatar was renamed [[Vidyasagar railway station\|Vidyasagar]].<ref>{{cite book\| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H3g9BAAAQBAJ&q=karmatar+renamed+Vidyasagar&pg=PR16 \|title= Vidyasagar:The Life and After-life of an Eminent Indian\| first= Brian A.\|last= Hatcher\| work= Introduction\|date= 7 August 2014\| isbn= 978-0-415-73630-5 \| publisher= Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 912 Tolstoy House, 15-17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110 001\| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>

	==Geography==		==Geography==
	Karmatar is located at {{coord\|24\|5\|2\|N\|86\|42\|8\|E}}.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://wikimapia.org/2120452/Karmatar \| title= Karmatar (Karmatar) \| work= Jharkhand\| publisher= Wikimapia \| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>		Karmatar is located at {{coord\|24\|5\|2\|N\|86\|42\|8\|E}}.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://wikimapia.org/2120452/Karmatar \| title= Karmatar (Karmatar) \| work= Jharkhand\| publisher= Wikimapia \| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>

	Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of [[Santhal Pargana division\|Santhal Parganas]] is a rolling upland tract. The [[Barakar River\|Barakar]] separates it from the [[Chota Nagpur ~~plateau~~]] and the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]], flows in from [[Deoghar district]] in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3120/page/n1/mode/2up \|title = Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas\| first= P.C.\|last=Roychoudhury \| work= Chaoter I: General \|publisher= Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 \| access-date = 21 October 2020}}</ref>		Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of [[Santhal Pargana division\|Santhal Parganas]] is a rolling upland tract. The [[Barakar River\|Barakar]] separates it from the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] and the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]], flows in from [[Deoghar district]] in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3120/page/n1/mode/2up \|title = Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas\| first= P.C.\|last=Roychoudhury \| work= Chaoter I: General \|publisher= Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 \| access-date = 21 October 2020}}</ref>

	Karmatanr CD block is bounded by [[Margomunda]], [[Karon, Deoghar\|Karon]] and [[Sarath, Deoghar\|Sarath]] CD blocks in Deoghar district on the north, [[Jamtara block\|Jamtara]] CD block on the east, and [[Narayanpur block\|Narayanpur]] CD block on the south and west.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/jamtara-tehsil-map.jpg \| title = Jamtara CD block/ tehsil map\|publisher = Maps of India \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/deogarh.html \| title = Deoghar CD block/ tehsil map \|publisher = Maps of India \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>		Karmatanr CD block is bounded by [[Margomunda]], [[Karon, Deoghar\|Karon]] and [[Sarath, Deoghar\|Sarath]] CD blocks in Deoghar district on the north, [[Jamtara block\|Jamtara]] CD block on the east, and [[Narayanpur block\|Narayanpur]] CD block on the south and west.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/jamtara-tehsil-map.jpg \| title = Jamtara CD block/ tehsil map\|publisher = Maps of India \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/deogarh.html \| title = Deoghar CD block/ tehsil map \|publisher = Maps of India \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

	Karmatanr CD block has an area of 175.00 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web\| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B\| work= Page 55: Rural PCA – CD block wise village primary census abstract, 2011 census \|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>[[Karmatanr, Jamtara\|Karmatanr]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara \| title = District Police Profile - Jamtara\| publisher = Jharkhand Police\| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref> Headquarters of this CD block is at [[Karmatanr, Jamtara\|Karmatanr]].<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B\| work= Map of Jamtara on the third page\|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>		Karmatanr CD block has an area of 175.00 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web\| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B\| work= Page 55: Rural PCA – CD block wise village primary census abstract, 2011 census \|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>[[Karmatanr, Jamtara\|Karmatanr]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara\| title = District Police Profile - Jamtara\| publisher = Jharkhand Police\| access-date = 22 October 2020\| archive-date = 12 November 2020\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112201126/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara\| url-status = dead}}</ref> Headquarters of this CD block is at [[Karmatanr, Jamtara\|Karmatanr]].<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B\| work= Map of Jamtara on the third page\|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand \| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

	Karmatar CD block has 18 panchayats and 151 villages.<ref name=admin>{{cite web \| url= http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html \| title= Jamtara district of Jharkhand \| work= Blocks and Panchayats \| publisher= Jamtara district administration \| access-date= 26 December 2015 \| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151227014358/http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html \| archive-date= 27 December 2015 \| url-status= dead }}</ref>		Karmatar CD block has 18 panchayats and 151 villages.<ref name=admin>{{cite web \| url= http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html \| title= Jamtara district of Jharkhand \| work= Blocks and Panchayats \| publisher= Jamtara district administration \| access-date= 26 December 2015 \| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151227014358/http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html \| archive-date= 27 December 2015 \| url-status= dead }}</ref>
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	===Language and religion===		===Language and religion===
	~~In 2001, the present-day Jamtara district was a part of Dumka district. In 2001, [[Santali language~~\|~~Santali]] was the mother-tongue of 660,233 persons~~ in ~~Dumka district, forming 41.17% of the population, followed by [[Hindi]] with 615,667 persons~~ (~~38.39%) and [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] with 327,714 persons (20.44%~~)~~. (percentages have been re-calculated on the basis of data provided in the Census Handbook).~~<ref name=~~censushandbook~~>{{cite web\| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/~~2011census~~/~~dchb~~/~~DCHB_A~~/20/~~2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA~~.~~pdf \|title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII A~~\| ~~work~~= ~~Page 24: Note on Mother-tongue, 2011~~ census \|publisher= ~~Directorate~~ of ~~Census Operations Jharkhand \| access-date = 21 October 2020~~}}</ref>		{{bar box
			\|title=Religions in Karmatand block (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web \|title=Table C-01 Population By Religion - Jharkhand\|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11377/download/14490/DDW20C-01%20MDDS.XLS\|website=census.gov.in\|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
			\|titlebar=#Fcd116
			\|left1=Religion
			\|right1=Percent
			\|float=left
			\|bars=
			{{bar percent\|[[Hinduism]]\|darkorange\|48.97}}
			{{bar percent\|[[Islam]]\|green\|42.81}}
			{{bar percent\|[[Sarnaism\|Sarna]]\|maroon\|7.54}}
			{{bar percent\|[[Christianity in Jharkhand\|Christianity]]\|dodgerblue\|0.60}}
			{{bar percent\|Other or not stated\|black\|0.08}}
			}}

	[[~~Hindi~~]] ~~is the official language in Jharkhand and~~ [[~~Urdu~~ language\|Urdu]] ~~has been declared as an additional official language~~.~~<ref name~~=~~"langoff">{{cite web~~\|~~url~~=~~http://nclm.nic~~.~~in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf~~ \|~~title~~=~~Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)~~ \|~~pages~~= 35 \|~~publisher~~=~~Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India~~ \|~~access-date~~=~~3 October 2017~~ \|~~url-status~~=~~dead~~ \|~~archive~~-~~url~~=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf~~ \|~~archive~~-~~date~~= ~~8 July 2016~~ }}~~</ref>~~		{{Pie chart
			\|caption = Languages of Karmatand block (2011)<ref name="language"/>
			\|label1 = [[Khortha language\|Khortha]] \|value1 = 67.09 \|color1 = red
			\|label2 = [[Santali language\|Santali]] \|value2 = 18.26 \|color2 = darkturquoise
			\|label3 = [[Urdu]] \|value3 = 8.32 \|color3 = green
			\|label4 = [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] \|value4 = 3.63 \|color4 = orchid
			\|label5 = [[Hindi]] \|value5 = 1.77 \|color5 = orange
			\|other = y \|other-label = Others \|other-color = grey
			}}

	In 2011, ~~Hindus numbered 550,560, forming 69~~.60% of the population ~~of Jamtara district followed by Muslims with 164~~,~~406 persons (20~~.78%) and ~~Christians with 4,419 persons (0~~.96%).<ref name=~~censushandbook~~/>		At the time of the 2011 census, 67.09% of the population spoke [[Khortha language\|Khortha]], 18.26% [[Santali language\|Santali]], 8.32% [[Urdu]], 3.63% [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] and 1.77% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web \|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10207/download/13319/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX\|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Jharkhand\|website=censusindia.gov.in\|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

	==Rural poverty==		==Rural poverty==

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Karmatar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Karmatar Vidyasagar
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Community development block
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India 24°5'2"N 86°42'8"E
| coordinates = {{coord|24|5|2|N|86|42|8|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[districts of Jharkhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jamtara district|Jamtara]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 175.00
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 201
| population_total = 115,266
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
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| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| demographics_type2 = Literacy (2011)
| demographics2_title2 = Total literates
| demographics2_info2 = 53,844 (58.16%)
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 815352 (Karmatar)
| area_code_type = Telephone/STD code
| area_code = 06433
| registration_plate = JH-21
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Jamtara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamtara]] and [[Sarath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarath]]
| website = {{URL|jamtara.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
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'''Karmatar''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in the [[Jamtara Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Jamtara district]], [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], India. It is located 15 km from [[Jamtara]], the district headquarter.

==History==
[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], the scholar-social reformer and a key figure in the [[Bengal Renaissance]] came to Karmatar in 1873 and spent more than 18 years of his life here.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030826/asp/jharkhand/story_2298943.asp |title= Vidyasagar legacy lost in sands of time | publisher= The Telegraph, 26 August 2003 | access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref> In 1974, the railway station at Karmatar was renamed Vidyasagar.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H3g9BAAAQBAJ&q=karmatar+renamed+Vidyasagar&pg=PR16 |title= Vidyasagar:The Life and After-life of an Eminent Indian| first= Brian A.|last= Hatcher| work= Introduction|date= 7 August 2014| isbn= 978-0-415-73630-5 | publisher= Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 912 Tolstoy House, 15-17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110 001| access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
Karmatar is located at {{coord|24|5|2|N|86|42|8|E}}.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wikimapia.org/2120452/Karmatar | title= Karmatar (Karmatar) | work= Jharkhand| publisher= Wikimapia | access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>

Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Parganas]] is a rolling upland tract. The [[Barakar River|Barakar]] separates it from the [[Chota Nagpur plateau]] and the [[Ajay River|Ajay]], flows in from [[Deoghar district]] in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3120/page/n1/mode/2up |title = Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas| first= P.C.|last=Roychoudhury | work= Chaoter I: General |publisher= Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 | access-date = 21 October 2020}}</ref>

Karmatanr CD block is bounded by [[Margomunda]], [[Karon, Deoghar|Karon]] and [[Sarath, Deoghar|Sarath]] CD blocks in Deoghar district on the north, [[Jamtara block|Jamtara]] CD block on the east, and [[Narayanpur block|Narayanpur]] CD block on the south and west.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/jamtara-tehsil-map.jpg | title = Jamtara CD block/ tehsil map|publisher = Maps of India | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/deogarh.html | title = Deoghar CD block/ tehsil map |publisher = Maps of India | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

Karmatanr CD block has an area of 175.00 km2.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Page 55: Rural PCA – CD block wise village primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>[[Karmatanr, Jamtara|Karmatanr]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara | title = District Police Profile - Jamtara| publisher = Jharkhand Police| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref> Headquarters of this CD block is at [[Karmatanr, Jamtara|Karmatanr]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map of Jamtara on the third page|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

Karmatar CD block has 18 panchayats and 151 villages.<ref name=admin>{{cite web | url= http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html | title= Jamtara district of Jharkhand | work= Blocks and Panchayats | publisher= Jamtara district administration | access-date= 26 December 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151227014358/http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html | archive-date= 27 December 2015 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

Panchayats of Karmatar CD block are: Alagchuan, Bagber, Baradaha, Barmundi, Birajpur, Dumariya, Karmatanr, Kuruwa, Mattanr, Mohanpur, Nawadih, Phofnad, Sikarposni, Sitakatta, Subdidih, Tarabahal, Tarkojori and Tetulbandha.<ref name=admin/>

==Demographics==
===Population===
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] Karmatanr CD block had a total population of 115,266, of which 109,398 were rural and 5,868 were urban. There were 58,937 (51%) males and 56,329 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 22,693. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 7,737 (6.71%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 21,767 (18.88%).<ref name=census2011/>

[[Census town]] in Karmatanr CD block is (2011 census figure in brackets): [[Karmatanr, Jamtara|Karmatanr]] (5,868).<ref name=census2011/>

Large village (with 4,000+ population) in Karmatanr CD block is (2011 census figure in brackets): Karua (4,031).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
{{As of|2011}} census, CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data the total number of literates in Karmatar Vidyasagar CD Block was 53,844 (58.16% of the population over 6 years) out of which 33,798 (63%) were males and 20,046 (37%) were females. The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 26%.<ref name=census2011/>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]
{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Jamtara district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===
In 2001, the present-day Jamtara district was a part of Dumka district. In 2001, [[Santali language|Santali]] was the mother-tongue of 660,233 persons in Dumka district, forming 41.17% of the population, followed by [[Hindi]] with 615,667 persons (38.39%) and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] with 327,714 persons (20.44%). (percentages have been re-calculated on the basis of data provided in the Census Handbook).<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Page 24: Note on Mother-tongue, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 21 October 2020}}</ref>

[[Hindi]] is the official language in Jharkhand and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] has been declared as an additional official language.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) |pages= 35 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=3 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |archive-date= 8 July 2016 }}</ref>

In 2011, Hindus numbered 550,560, forming 69.60% of the population of Jamtara district followed by Muslims with 164,406 persons (20.78%) and Christians with 4,419 persons (0.96%).<ref name=censushandbook/>

==Rural poverty==
60-70% of the population of Jamtara district were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Ranchi and Dumka districts.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhad, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Munich Personal RePEc Archive | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref> [[Rural poverty]] in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Jharkhand%20presentation.pdf | title = Eliminating poverty | publisher = Jharkhand government | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood in Karmatanr CD block'''
|value1 = 29.62
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 51.33
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 1.79
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 17.26
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In Karmatanr CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 13,727 and formed 29.62%, agricultural labourers numbered 23,787 and formed 51.33%, household industry workers numbered 828 and formed 1.79% and other workers numbered 7,998 and formed 17.26%. Total workers numbered 48,098 and formed 41.73% of the total population. Non-workers numbered 67,168 and formed 58.27% of total population.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara | work = Tables 34, 30 Series 21, Part XII A, 2011 census| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020 }}</ref>

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers and entertainment artistes.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf | title= District Census Handbook 2011 Jamtara, Series 21 Part XII A | work= Page 10: Census Concepts |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 145 inhabited villages in Karmatanr CD block. In 2011, 114 villages had power supply. 142 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 139 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 7 villages had post offices, 7 villages had sub post offices, 5 villages had telephones (land lines), 4 villages had public call offices and 105 villages had mobile phone coverage. 144 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 6 villages had bus service (public/ private), 2 villages had railway stations, 1 village had autos/ modified autos, and 24 villages had tractors. 5 villages had bank branches, 1 village had agricultural credit societies, 2 villages had cinema/ video halls, 33 villages had [[public distribution system]], 21 villages had weekly haat (market) and 66 villages had [[Polling place|assembly polling stations]].<ref name=directory>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 427-429 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

===Backward Regions Grant Fund===
Jamtara district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]]. The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title = Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines | publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India | access-date = 23 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=84879 | title= Backward Regions Grant Fund| work= Press Release, 14 June 2012 |publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India | access-date = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

==Transportation==
The Ranigunj-Kiul section of the [[Howrah-Delhi main line]] was in position in 1871. It provided rail link for Karmatar.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title= IR History: Early days II | work= Chronology of Railways in India, Part 2, 1870-1899 | publisher= IRFCA | access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>

==Education==
Karmatanr CD block had 24 villages with pre-primary schools, 119 villages with primary schools, 51 villages with middle schools, 4 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 26 villages with no educational facility.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

==Healthcare==
Karmatanr CD block had 2 villages with primary health centres, 8 villages with primary health subcentres, 7 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 1 village with veterinary hospital, 2 villages with family welfare centres, 16 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

==References==
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{{Blocks of Jamtara district}}
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[[Category:Community development blocks in Jamtara district]]