Tonk (district)

Tonk District
State	Rajasthan
Division :	Ajmer
Administrative headquarters :	Tonk
Area :	7194 km²
Residents :	1,421,326 (2011)
Population density :	197.62 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://tonk.rajasthan.gov.in/

Tonk ( Hindi : टोंक जिला) is a district in the western Indian state of Rajasthan .

The area is 7194 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Tonk .

population

The population was 1,421,326 at the 2011 census, 10 years earlier it was 1,211,671. The gender ratio was 952 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 61.58% (77.12% for men, 45.45% for women). 87.49% of the population were Hindu , 10.77% Muslim , 1.58% followers of Jainism .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 7 tehsils :

• Deoli
• Malpura
• Niwai
• Peeplu
• Todaraisingh
• Tonk
• Uniara

The city of Tonk has the status of a Municipal Council .

Cities with the status of a municipality are:

• Deoli
• Malpura
• Niwai
• Todaraisingh
• Uniara

Web links

Commons : Tonk District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} www.census2011.co.in