Čalma

Čalma (Чалма) is a village located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,675 people (2002 census).

Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Čalma (Чалма), in Croatian as Čalma, in Hungarian as Csalma, and in German as Tschalma.

Demographics
Ethnic groups (2002 census):
 * Serbs = 1,634 (97.55%)
 * Croats = 14 (0.84%)
 * others.

The ethnic Germans consisted half of the village population before The Second World War.

Historical population

 * 1961: 1,704
 * 1971: 1,787
 * 1981: 1,855
 * 1991: 1,776
 * 2002: 1,675