About Tonkara Village

Tonkara is a mid sized village in Gangdhar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 311 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tonkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tonkara village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Gangdhar
Pincode	326515
Area (hectares)	304.77 hectares
Population	657
Male Population	311
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tonkara compares

By the 2011 count Tonkara is the 89th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 304.77 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Tonkara

Tonkara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tonkara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Tonkara from other places

Tonkara lies about 102 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Thuria, about 7.1 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 Tonkara
Nearest railway station	Thuria	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangdhar	12 km
Nearest town	Alot	15 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	102 km

Villages closest to Tonkara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangdhar 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 Tonkara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tonkara village had a population of 657. That makes it the 89th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Tonkara village has 311 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tonkara has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Tonkara is 326515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tonkara covers 304.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tonkara falls under Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Tonkara is Thuria, about 7.1 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Tonkara.

Tonkara is about 102 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tonkara is in Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Thuria is about 7.1 km away. Gangdhar is about 12 km away. Alot is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.