# Tonta Village, Shahpura, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahpura, Jabalpur 

# Tonta

Tonta is a village in Shahpura sub-district of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **178 people in 47 households**, the 205th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 178people (2011)
- 47households
- 60.9%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Tonta PIN code and other codes

Tonta falls in Shahpura sub-district, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockShahpura
- Census village code489733

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

## How far is Tonta from nearby towns?

- Shahpura (sub-district HQ)42 km by road
- Jabalpur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Shahpura (nearest town)42 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 Tonta?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Tonta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Gahgawa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Tonta known for?

The main crops are **chana and jawar**. About 40% of the 342 hectares of village land is sown, and 66 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 Tonta

Of every 100 households in Tonta in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tonta · ■ Shahpura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****2%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****80%**

**43%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Tonta?

■ Tonta · ■ Shahpura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**925

Working population ****48.9%**

**47.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 53.2% for women. 46% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (69%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 10 (11%)

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 Shahpura

- Neemkheda195 people
- Biruhala189 people
- Andiya187 people
- Kislai187 people
- Pondi177 people
- Patharphodi169 people
- Khairwa168 people
- Dulha Kheda159 people

[All 227 villages in Shahpura](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/jabalpur/shahpura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tonta from Jabalpur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Tonta?178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tonta in?Jabalpur district (Shahpura sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tonta?60.9% (Census 2011)