# Tonkkalan Village, Tonk Khurd, Dewas (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Tonk Khurd, Dewas 

# Tonkkalan

Tonkkalan is a village in Tonk Khurd sub-district of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,495 people in 879 households**, the 2nd largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 4,495people (2011)
- 879households
- 73.6%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Tonkkalan PIN code and other codes

Tonkkalan falls in Tonk Khurd sub-district, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockTonk Khurd
- Census village code473297

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

## How far is Tonkkalan from nearby towns?

- Dewas (district HQ)20 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 Tonkkalan?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Tonkkalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Dewas
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dewas
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Tonkkalan known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 87% of the 1,919 hectares of village land is sown, and 484 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 Tonkkalan

Of every 100 households in Tonkkalan in 2011, 92 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tonkkalan · ■ Tonk Khurd rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**77%

Tap water ****18%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****60%**

**46%

Television ****37%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**30%

Own their home ****92%**

**98%

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 Tonkkalan?

■ Tonkkalan · ■ Tonk Khurd rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**912

Working population ****45.4%**

**52.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 57.8% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 423 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 509 (25%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 187 (9%) · **■** Marginal 896 (44%)

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 Tonk Khurd

- Chobaradhira5,367 people
- Develi3,533 people
- Chidawad3,522 people
- Khareli3,189 people
- Samwarsi3,119 people

[All 111 villages in Tonk Khurd](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/dewas/tonk-khurd/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tonkkalan from Dewas?20 km by road
- What is the population of Tonkkalan?4,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tonkkalan in?Dewas district (Tonk Khurd sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tonkkalan?73.6% (Census 2011)
