Jaintia Hills is one of district of Meghalaya in India. There are 5 Taluks, 537 villages and 1 towns in Jaintia Hills district.
As per the Census India 2011, Jaintia Hills district has 66,028 households, population of 395,124 of which 196,285 are males and 198,839 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 90,911 which is 23.01% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Jaintia Hills district is around
1013 compared to
989 which is average of Meghalaya state. The literacy rate of Jaintia Hills district is 47.46% out of which 44.51% males are literate and 50.37% females are literate. The total area of Jaintia Hills is 3,819 sq.km with population density of 103 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 92.8% of population lives in Urban area and 7.2% lives in Rural area. There are 0.33% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 95.19% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jaintia Hills district.
Jaintia Hills Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 395,124 | 100% |
| Christian | 271,596 | 68.74% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 107,559 | 27.22% |
| Hindu | 12,456 | 3.15% |
| Muslim | 1,646 | 0.42% |
| Religion not stated | 1,504 | 0.38% |
| Buddhist | 284 | 0.07% |
| Jain | 45 | 0.01% |
| Sikh | 34 | 0.01% |
Jaintia Hills Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 8 | 3,811 |
| Number of households | 4,942 | 61,086 |
| Total Population | 28,430 | 366,694 |
| Population (%) | 48.1% | 50.2% |
| Male Population | 13,675 | 182,610 |
| Female Population | 14,755 | 184,084 |
| Sex Ratio | 1079 | 1008 |
| Literacy (%) | 78.74% | 45.03% |
List of Taluks in Jaintia Hills
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