East Jaintia Hills district
District of Meghalaya in India
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East Jaintia Hills district is a district with its headquarters at Khliehriat in Meghalaya state of India. The district was carved out of Jaintia Hills district on 31 July 2012.
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East Jaintia Hills district
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 Interactive map of East Jaintia Hills district | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Meghalaya |
| Headquarters | Khliehriat |
| Government | |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 3 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,040 km2 (790 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 122,939 |
| • Density | 60.3/km2 (156/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 53% |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH-6 |
| Website | eastjaintiahills |
Khliehriat and Saipung are the two community and rural development (C&RD) blocks of the district.[1]
History
East Jaintia Hills District was carved out of the erstwhile Jaintia Hills District on 31 July 2012. Khliehriat, the district headquarters, was created as an administrative unit on August 14, 1976, and was upgraded to a civil sub division on May 27, 1982, before finally becoming the district headquarters.[2]
Geography
The total area of the district is 2,115 km2 (817 sq mi). The district comprises 2 C&RD, viz. Khliehriat C&RD block, and Saipung C&RD block with the following boundaries:
- North - Assam and West Jaintia Hills District
- South - Bangladesh and Assam
- East - Assam
- West - West Jaintia Hills District
Villages
Divisions
Demographics
Mainly inhabited by the Pnar (also known as Jaintia), Khynriam and the Biates, East Jaintia Hills has a population of 1,22,939. Scheduled Tribes make up 118,158 (96.11%) of the population.[5]
At the time of the 2011 census, 81.39% of the population spoke Pnar, 9.04% Biate, 6.30% Khasi and 3.16% War as their first language.[6]
See also
- Narpuh Wildlife Sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary in the district