- Source: East Jaintia Hills district
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 (C&RD) blocks of the district.
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.
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
Divisions
East Jaintia Hills district is divided into two blocks, namely:
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.
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.
References
External links
Official website
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