Tonk Khurd | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh#India3 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Tonk Khurd's location |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madhya Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 23.098°N 76.215°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Ujjain |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Dewas |
Subdivision Type4: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name4: | Tonk Khurd |
Government Type: | Nagar parishad |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 4 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi and English |
Demographics1 Title2: | Other |
Demographics1 Info2: | Malwi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | MP 41 |
Iso Code: | IN-MP |
Tonk Khurd is a city in Dewas district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of Tonk Khurd tehsil[1] and lies north-east of the district headquarters of Dewas and west of the state capital, Bhopal.
As of the 2011 India census, Tonk Khurd had a population of spread over households.[2] Males constitute 51.7% of the population and females 48.3%. Tonk Khurd has an average literacy rate of 77.56%, male literacy is 89.09%, and female literacy is 65.46%. 13.84% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Tonk Khurd is administered by a Nagar Parishad (City Council). Its responsibilities include sanitation, street lights, maintenance of birth and death records.
At the state level, Tonk Khurd falls within the Sonkatch (Vidhan Sabha constituency). As of November 2020, its representative in the Vidhan Sabha is Sajjan Singh Verma of the Indian National Congress.[3]
At the national level, the city is falls within the Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency). As of 2019, its Member of Parliament is Mahendra Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4]
As of the 2011 census, Tonk Khurd had 10 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 6 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools and 1 degree-level college.[5]