West Khasi Hills is one of district of Meghalaya in India. There are 6 Taluks, 1,115 villages and 2 towns in West Khasi Hills district.
As per the Census India 2011, West Khasi Hills district has 64,906 households, population of 383,461 of which 193,715 are males and 189,746 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 87,214 which is 22.74% of total population.
The sex-ratio of West Khasi Hills district is around
980 compared to
989 which is average of Meghalaya state. The literacy rate of West Khasi Hills district is 60.16% out of which 60.56% males are literate and 59.75% females are literate. The total area of West Khasi Hills is 5,247 sq.km with population density of 73 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 88.76% of population lives in Urban area and 11.24% lives in Rural area. There are 0.04% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 97.82% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in West Khasi Hills district.
West Khasi Hills Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 383,461 | 100% |
| Christian | 366,881 | 95.68% |
| Hindu | 6,498 | 1.69% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 5,878 | 1.53% |
| Muslim | 1,533 | 0.4% |
| Buddhist | 1,313 | 0.34% |
| Religion not stated | 1,262 | 0.33% |
| Sikh | 58 | 0.02% |
| Jain | 38 | 0.01% |
West Khasi 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) | 97 | 5,150 |
| Number of households | 7,186 | 57,720 |
| Total Population | 43,105 | 340,356 |
| Population (%) | 49.5% | 49.35% |
| Male Population | 21,335 | 172,380 |
| Female Population | 21,770 | 167,976 |
| Sex Ratio | 1020 | 974 |
| Literacy (%) | 69.84% | 58.93% |
List of Taluks in West Khasi Hills
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