East Jaintia Hills district

East Jaintia Hills district Jaintia
District of Meghalaya
Location of East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya
Country	India
State	Meghalaya
Headquarters	Khliehriat
Government
• Assembly seats	3
Area
• Total	2,126 km^2 (821 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	122,436
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	53%
Major highways	NH-44
Website	Official website

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

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 2115 km². 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

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

^[3]

Name	Headquarters	Population	Location
Khliehriat	Khliehriat
Saipung	Saipung

Demographics

East Jaintia Hills has a population of 1,22,436 residing in 206 villages. ^[4]

References

1. "East Jaintia Hills".
2. http://www.sentinelassam.com/meghalaya/story.php?sec=2&subsec=8&id=126729&dtP=2013-02-07&ppr=1
3. Meghalaya Administrative Divisions (PDF) (Map). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
4. http://www.sentinelassam.com/meghalaya/story.php?sec=2&subsec=8&id=126729&dtP=2013-02-07&ppr=1