| Voice of Tonk : Ram
Gunawat
Tonk is a very small and backward district of Rajasthan. There
are schools in all the villages of Tonk but the quality of education
is very poor. The schools have very few teachers and also not well
qualified.
There are very few medical and engineering colleges in our district.
The admission fees are very exorbitant. People from Tonk are poor;
they cannot afford such high fees. Government should come with some
solution for this issue.
Tonk District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 7194.0 Km2
Population in Tonk (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1421711
Male : 729390
Female : 692321
Under 6 population
Total : 200963
Male : 106799
Female : 94164
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 29059
In seeing : 11936
In speech : 1644
In hearing : 2024
In movement : 11005
Mental : 2450
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 140
Sex Ratio Rank : 263
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : B
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 319 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 482 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Tonk District
Location
It is bound in the north by Jaipur, in the zeast by
Sawai Madhopur, in the south by Bundi and Bhilwara districts and
in the west by Ajmer district.
Distance from Major Cities
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Jaipur-82 kms
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Delhi-359 kms
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Ahmedabad-707 kms
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Mumbai-1,258 kms
Climate and Rainfall
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The climate of the district is generally dry
except in the short south-west monsoon season.
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Maximum temperature in winter is 22 degrees
Celsius
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Minimum temperature in winter is 8 degrees Celsius
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Maximum temperature in summer is 45 degrees
Celsius
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Minimum temperature in summer is 26 degrees
Celsius
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The average annual rainfall in the district:
61.36 cms.
Administrative Set Up
The Tonk district at present has two sub-divisions
viz. Tonk and Malpura, comprising six tehsils and six panchayat
samities.
Major Crops and their Production
| Production: 1999—2000 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Jowar |
14,395 |
| Bajra |
12,012 |
| Maize |
10,259 |
| Pulses |
38,202 |
| Sesamum |
237 |
| Groundnut |
9,537 |
| Guar seed |
872 |
| Red chillies |
2,578 |
| Wheat |
114,307 |
| Barley |
9,801 |
| Gram |
28,740 |
Minerals
| Mineral Production: 1999-2000 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Bajari |
18,37,258 |
| Building stones |
1,98,237 |
| Felspar |
537 |
| Fylite (sist) |
3,602 |
| Garnet: |
|
| a) Abrasive (kg) |
37,000 |
| b) Gem (kg) |
737 |
| Granite |
1,869 |
| Morrum |
18,294 |
| Patti katia |
6,932 |
| Quartz |
5,988 |
Infrastructure
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Electricity
The total capacity is 53.15 mva. Out of 1,019
villages 963 were electrified as on March 2000.
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Water
Wells and tanks are the main source of irrigation,
seasional rivers in district are Banas, Mahi, Daian, Sohadra
and Bandi. These help the cultivators irrigate their lands either
by using the stored water in tanks or by lifting water. The
depth of underground water in the district is reported between
2 mtrs. in Niwai to 16.25 mtrs. in Tonk.
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Road Transport
The total road length of tonk district is 1,105
kms. National Highway No.12 (Jaipur-Jabalpur) passes through
Niwai, Tonk and Deoli panchayat samitis for a distance of 111
kms. Road length in the district was 1,770 km. as on 31 March
2000.
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Rail Transport
There are three main routes in tonk distrrict,
one along the south-east boundary of the district, another across
the western area of Diggi, Malpura, Tordi and Toda Raisingh
and the third across the eastern area of Niwai tehsil only.
Mumbai -Delhi broad gauge line of western railway passes through
the south-east boundary of tonk district. The total rail length
of these lines in the district is 99 km.
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Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Jaipur (82 kms.)
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Communication Facilities
| (Nos) |
| Post offices |
220 |
| Telegraph offices |
62 |
| Telephonic centres |
45 |
| PCOs |
664 |
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