Čalma
# Čalma

Čalma (Serbian Cyrillic: 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
