About Uper Tonka Village

Uper Tonka is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 120 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,233 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Uper Tonka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Uper Tonka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	494115
Area (hectares)	325.87 hectares
Population	268
Male Population	120
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,233
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Uper Tonka compares

By the 2011 count Uper Tonka is the 96th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 325.87 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Uper Tonka

Uper Tonka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Uper Tonka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Uper Tonka from other places

Uper Tonka lies about 7.5 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Uper Tonka
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	19 km
Nearest town	Kānker	30 km

Villages closest to Uper Tonka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanupratappur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Uper Tonka

As per the Census of India 2011, Uper Tonka village had a population of 268. That makes it the 96th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Uper Tonka village has 120 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Uper Tonka has about 1233 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Uper Tonka is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Uper Tonka covers 325.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Uper Tonka falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Uper Tonka is Keoti, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Uper Tonka.

Uper Tonka is about 7.5 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Uper Tonka is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 7.5 km away. Keoti is about 14 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.