Tonk
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| State : | Rajasthan | ||
| District : | Tonk | ||
| Sub-district : | Tonk | ||
| Location : | 26 ° 10 ′ N , 75 ° 47 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 279 m | ||
| Residents : | 165,294 (2011) | ||
Tonk ( Hindi : टोंक , Ṭoṅk ) is a city ( Municipal Council ) in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the capital of the administrative district of Tonk .
The city is about 279 meters above sea level, 100 kilometers by road south of Jaipur , the capital of Rajasthan. The Banas River flows north past Tonk. The national highway NH 12 ( Kota- Jaipur) runs through Tonk. The NH 116 connects Tonk with Sawai Madhopur . The population of Tonk was around 165,000 in the 2011 census.
Tonk was the capital of the former princely state of Tonk .
climate
Tonk has a steppe climate . Most of the precipitation falls in the monsoon months of July and August. The average annual rainfall is 647 mm. The annual mean temperature is 26.0 ° C.
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