East Garo Hills District Population, Meghalaya - Census India 2011

East Garo Hills is one of district of Meghalaya in India. There are 5 Taluks, 1110 villages and 2 towns in East Garo Hills district.

As per the Census India 2011, East Garo Hills district has 58328 households, population of 317917 of which 161223 are males and 156694 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 58071 which is 18.27% of total population.

The sex-ratio of East Garo Hills district is around 972 compared to 989 which is average of Meghalaya state. The literacy rate of East Garo Hills district is 60.44% out of which 63.58% males are literate and 57.2% females are literate. The total area of East Garo Hills is 2603 sq.km with population density of 122 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 86.1% of population lives in Urban area and 13.9% lives in Rural area. There are 0.16% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 95.99% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in East Garo Hills district.

East Garo Hills Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total317917100%
Christian28970891.13%
Hindu172725.43%
Other religions and persuasions56171.77%
Muslim33591.06%
Buddhist10040.32%
Religion not stated8630.27%
Sikh560.02%
Jain380.01%

East Garo Hills Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)24.542578.46
Number of households774350585
Total Population44192273725
Population (%)50.82%49.31%
Male Population22460138763
Female Population21732134962
Sex Ratio968973
Literacy (%)77.51%57.68%

List of Taluks in East Garo Hills

Check out complete list of all Taluks of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Resubelpara 104514453231981
Samanda 56235547103946
Songsak 5310770376977
Dambo Rongjeng 52584465113974
Kharkutta51477435118976

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East Garo Hills Population Facts

Number of Households58328
Population317917
Male Population161223 (50.71%)
Female Population156694 (49.29%)
Children Population58071
Area2603 km2
Population density/km2122
Sex-ratio972
Literacy60.44%
Male Literacy63.58%
Female Literacy57.2%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %95.99%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %0.16%

Map of East Garo Hills, Meghalaya