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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Tonk, India}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tonk district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Rajasthan|District of Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Ajmer division|Ajmer]]
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| population_total = 1,421,326
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'''Tonk district''' is a district of the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]] in western [[India]]. The city of [[Tonk, India|Tonk]] is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is bounded on the north by [[Jaipur district]], on the east by [[Sawai Madhopur district]], on the southeast by [[Kota district]], on the south by [[Bundi district]], on the southwest by [[Bhilwara district]], and on the west by [[Ajmer district]].

==Geography==
[[File:Map rajasthan dist num blank.png|thumb|right|400px|18. Location in Rajasthan]]
Tonk is on [[National Highway 12 (India)|National Highway 12]], 100 km from Jaipur. It is in the northeastern part of the state between 75.19' and 76.16 East longitude and 25.41' and 26.24' North latitude. The total area is 7194 km2 (as per 2002-03).

It is one of the four districts headquarters of Rajasthan state that are not directly connected with rail. The nearest railway station, [[Newai]], is within the district but is 30 km from the district headquarters. [[Banas River]] flows through the district.

The district is notable for the [[Tonk meteorite]], a rare [[carbonaceous chondrite]] [[meteorite]] that fell in 1911.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Endress | first1=Magnus | last2=Spettel | first2=Bernhard | last3=Bischoff | first3=Adolf | year=1994 | title=Chemistry, petrography, and mineralogy of the Tonk CI chondrite: Preliminary results | journal=Meteoritics | volume=29 | number=4 | pages=462–463}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006, the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Tonk one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 12 districts in Rajasthan receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=8 September 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref>

==Divisions==
There are seven sub-divisions and tehsils: [[Deoli, Rajasthan|Deoli]], [[Malpura]], [[Newai]], [[Todaraisingh]], [[Tonk, India|Tonk]], [[Uniara]] and [[Peeplu]]. Tonk is Nagar-Parishad while [[Deoli, Rajasthan|Deoli]], [[Malpura]], [[Newai]], [[Todaraisingh]] and [[Uniara]] are Nagar-Palikas. There were 1093 villages in the district according to the 2001 census.

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Tonk District
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|left1=Religion
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|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|87.49}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|10.77}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Tonk district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,421,326,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Swaziland]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Swaziland 1,370,424
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =Hawaii 1,360,301
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 347th in India (out of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 198 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.33%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Tonk has a [[sex ratio]] of 949 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 62.46%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 95.82% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 3.81% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,60,801|13=1911|14=2,76,428|15=1921|16=2,55,216|17=1931|18=2,97,275|19=1941|20=3,29,790|21=1951|22=4,06,921|23=1961|24=4,97,729|25=1971|26=6,25,830|27=1981|28=7,83,635|29=1991|30=9,75,006|31=2001|32=12,11,671|33=2011|34=14,21,326|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==Culture==

===Pilgrimage sites===
*Diggi Kalyan Ji Temple
*Dadabadi<ref name=exploration>{{cite web|url=http://tonk.nic.in/piligrim_places.htm |title=Pilgrim places of Tonk district |publisher=National Informatics Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224051248/http://tonk.nic.in/piligrim_places.htm |archive-date=24 February 2008 }}</ref>

== Historical Sites ==
Prominent towns where remanats of forts, palaces and architectural buildings, made by ancient kings and rulers, can be found:

* [[Lawa Thikana|Lawa]]
* [[Diggi]]
* [[Uniara]]
* [[Todaraisingh]]
* [[Tonk, India|Tonk]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Wazirpur}}
* [http://tonk.rajasthan.gov.in/ Official site]
* [http://www.india9.com/i9show/Tonk-District-15844.htm Tonk District]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091123210219/http://rajasthanonline.in/Profile/districts/Tonk.asp Tonk]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090929151213/http://rajasthan.gov.in/rajgovt/Districtprofile/tonk.html Tonk district profile]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Tonk district
|North = [[Jaipur district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Sawai Madhopur district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Bundi district]]
|Southwest = [[Bhilwara district]]
|West =
|Northwest =
}}

{{Tonk district}}
{{Districts of Rajasthan}}
{{Rajasthan}}
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[[Category:Districts in Ajmer division]]

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