East Jaintia Hills district

District of Meghalaya in India

East Jaintia Hills district

Pait Wah

District of Meghalaya

Lukha River

Location in Meghalaya

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/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demographics

• Literacy| 53%
Time zone| UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways| NH-6
Website| eastjaintiahills.gov.in

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.

Khliehriat and Saipung are the two community and rural development blocks of the district.[1]

## History

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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

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The total area of the district is 2,115 km2 (817 sq mi). The district comprises 2 community and rural development blocks 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

## Divisions

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East Jaintia Hills district is divided into two blocks, namely:[3]

Name | Headquarters | Population | Location

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Khliehriat | Khliehriat |  |
Saipung | Saipung |  |

## Demographics

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Religion in East Jaintia Hills (2011)[4]

Religions |  |
Christians |

| 72.32%
Others* |

| 24.60%
Hindus |

| 2.37%
Other or not stated |

| 0.71%
*Animists and ethnic religions

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]

Languages of East Jaintia Hills district (2011)

Pnar (81.39%)

Biate (9.04%)

Khasi (6.30%)

War (3.16%)

Others (0.11%)

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]

## References

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1. ^ "East Jaintia Hills".
2. ^ "The Sentinel". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
3. ^ Meghalaya Administrative Divisions (PDF) (Map). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
4. ^ "Population by Religion - Meghalaya". censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
5. ^ "District Census Meghalaya - Jaintia Hills" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2016.
6. ^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

## External links

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