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.

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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

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

Divisions

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

Name	Headquarters	Population	Location
Khliehriat	Khliehriat
Saipung	Saipung

Demographics

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)

1. Pnar (81.39%)
2. Biate (9.04%)
3. Khasi (6.3%)
4. War (3.16%)
5. 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]