# Tonto Village, Chaibasa, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chaibasa, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Tonto

Tonto is a village in Chaibasa sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **3,399 people in 685 households**, the 2nd largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 3,399people (2011)
- 685households
- 66.2%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Tonto PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tonto is 833201.** Tonto falls in Chaibasa sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatTonto
- Community development blockChaibasa
- Census village code378112

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tonto from nearby towns?

- Chaibasa (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)3 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tonto?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Tonto; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chaibasa
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tonto known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 57% of the 429 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tonto

Of every 100 households in Tonto in 2011, 90 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tonto · ■ Chaibasa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****43%**

**54%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**15%

Own their home ****83%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tonto?

■ Tonto · ■ Chaibasa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**1041

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**976

Working population ****45.3%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 53.0% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 298 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 455 (30%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 440 (29%) · **■** Marginal 328 (21%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chaibasa

- Narsanda4,841 people
- Lupunggutu2,920 people
- Guira2,551 people
- Harira2,381 people
- Matkamhatu2,365 people

[All 75 villages in Chaibasa](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/chaibasa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tonto?833201
- How far is Tonto from Chaibasa?3 km by road
- What is the population of Tonto?3,399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tonto in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Chaibasa sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Tonto?66.2% (Census 2011)
