Toto is a

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Gumla Gumla is a city which is the district headquarters in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Gumla began as a hamlet. A week-long "Cow Fair" (''Gau-Mela'') took place every year, where items in d ...

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Gumla subdivision Gumla subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Gumla district in the South Chotanagpur division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Gumla was made a subdivision of Ranchi district in 1902 and it was made a subdivision of Guml ...

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Gumla district Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Etymology For centuries, the place was a meeting center for people from the hinterland who flocked ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

Geography

Location

Toto is located at

Area overview

The map alongside presents a rugged area, consisting partly of flat-topped hills called ''pat'' and partly of an undulating plateau, in the south-western portion of

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the bas ...

. Three major rivers – the Sankh, South Koel and North Karo - along with their numerous tributaries, drain the area. The hilly area has large deposits of

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. 93.7% of the population lives in rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Gumla'', Toto covered an area of . Among the civic amenities, it had of roads with both closed and open drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 564 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 10 hospitals, 9 dispensaries, 9 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity homes, 1 veterinary hospital, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 5 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, other educational facilities at

, away It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). An important commodity it produced was timber. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.

Demographics

According to the

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, Toto had a total population of 5,237, of which 2,709 (52%) were males and 2,528 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 797. The total number of literate persons in Toto was 3,564 (80.27% of the population over 6 years). (*For language details see Gumla block#Language and religion)

Education

Sishu Mandir Toto is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1989. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. The school has a library with 100 books. Government High School Toto is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X. The school has a playground and a library with 380 books.

References

{{South Chotanagpur Division Cities and towns in Gumla district