Kulamara is a revenue village located in Simdega district of the

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. The village is located in Targa Panchayat. Kulamara is situated in Bansjore block. It is one of 19 villages in Bansjore Block.

Geography

Kulamara is located on the southern part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

, which forms the eastern edge of the

Deccan plateau The Deccan is a plateau extending over an area of and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula. It stretches from the Satpura Range, Satpura and Vindhya Ranges in the north to the northern fringes of Tamil Nadu in the south. It is bound ...

system. The Lurgangi river and the Dev river flow near Kulamara.

Climate

Kulamara has a sub-tropical climate with temperature ranges from 20 °C to 40 °C during summer, and 3 °C to 21 °C during winter. The annual rainfall is about . From June to September, the rainfall level is about 115 cm.

Demographics

census of India, Kulamara had a population of 1210. The major languages spoken in this region are Nagpuri (or Sadri),

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

, Mundari and Khariya. Kulamra is home to people of many

caste A caste is a Essentialism, fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (en ...

s such as Binjhiya, Bhogta, Gond, Khariya, Kurmi, Das, Lohra, and Munda.

Education

Kulamara hosts UPG GOVT MS Kulamara, which was established in 1960. It is a P. with U. Primary school. It educates some 81 boys and girls and is staffed by 3 teachers. It is primarily a Hindi medium school. The DISE code of the school is 20210900301.

Festivals and dances

The region celebrates several major festivals and dances.

Karma

Karma is a festival of brothers and sisters. It rotates from one village to another. It's divided into three categories: *Raj karma is celebrated by the entire community in the region. *Budhi karma is observed only by old women in the month of June. This celebration is to call the god of rain. *Padda karma is celebrated by the whole village. Sisters traditionally fast for a full day for their brothers.

Sarhul Dance

Sarhul Sarhul is a spring festival celebrated in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Jharkhand, marking the commencement of the new year. The festival lasts for three days, from the third day of the Chaitra month in Shukla Paksha to ...

is a prominent festival of Oraon and is celebrated with dancing. People hold hands to form a circle. Musicians use traditional Indian instruments, sitting inside the circle. Men traditionally wear a white

dhoti The dhoti is an ankle-length breechcloth, wrapped around the waist and the legs, in resemblance to the shape of trousers. The dhoti is a garment of ethnic wear for men in the Indian subcontinent. The dhoti is fashioned out of a rectangular p ...

with a red border, while women wear a white

sari A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ...

with a red border.

Bheja Dance

In the Bheja dance, dozens of young boys and girls gather at a particular place, form a chain by holding hands in alternate succession then dance.

References

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