Tonk Khurd is a city in Dewas district, in the state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

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. It is the headquarters of Tonk Khurd

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and lies north-east of the district headquarters of

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pua ...

and west of the state capital,

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Demographics

As of the 2011 India

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, 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 (City Council). 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Sonkatch is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is in Dewas district, and is a segment of the Dewas Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly *1957 ...

. As of November 2020, its representative in the

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Sajjan Singh Verma Sajjan Singh Verma is an Indian politician, and a member of Indian National Congress, currently serving as an MLA from Sonkatch in Madhya Pradesh. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing the Dewas Lok Sabha constituency of M ...

of the

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. At the national level, the city is falls within the

Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency) Dewas Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary const ...

. As of 2019, its

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is Mahendra Solanki of the

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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.

References

{{Ujjain Division Cities and towns in Dewas district