Tonk Khurd


Tonk Khurd is a city in Dewas district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of Tonk Khurd tehsil and lies north-east of the district headquarters of Dewas and west of the state capital, Bhopal.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Tonk Khurd had a population of spread over households. Males constitute 51.7% of the population and females 48.3%. Tonk Khurd has an average literacy rate of 77.56%, male literacy is 89.09%, and female literacy is 65.46%. 13.84% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Government and politics

Civic administration

Tonk Khurd is administered by a Nagar Parishad. Its responsibilities include sanitation, street lights, maintenance of birth and death records.

Representation in Parliament and State Assembly

At the state level, Tonk Khurd falls within the Sonkatch. As of November 2020, its representative in the Vidhan Sabha is Sajjan Singh Verma of the Indian National Congress.
At the national level, the city is falls within the Dewas. As of 2019, its Member of Parliament is Mahendra Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Education

As of the 2011 census, Tonk Khurd had 10 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 6 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools and 1 degree-level college.