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
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 317917 | 100% |
Christian | 289708 | 91.13% |
Hindu | 17272 | 5.43% |
Other religions and persuasions | 5617 | 1.77% |
Muslim | 3359 | 1.06% |
Buddhist | 1004 | 0.32% |
Religion not stated | 863 | 0.27% |
Sikh | 56 | 0.02% |
Jain | 38 | 0.01% |
East Garo Hills Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Area(sq.km) | 24.54 | 2578.46 |
Number of households | 7743 | 50585 |
Total Population | 44192 | 273725 |
Population (%) | 50.82% | 49.31% |
Male Population | 22460 | 138763 |
Female Population | 21732 | 134962 |
Sex Ratio | 968 | 973 |
Literacy (%) | 77.51% | 57.68% |
List of Taluks in East Garo Hills
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