South West Garo Hills district

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Southwest Garo Hills district
District of Meghalaya
South West Garo Hills in Meghalaya (India).svg
Location in Meghalaya
South West Garo Hills district
Southwest Garo Hills district
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Meghalaya
Headquarters Ampati
Government
 •  Vidhan Sabha constituencies 3
Area
 • Total
822 km2 (317 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
172,795
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demographics
 •  Literacy 56.7%
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website southwestgarohills.gov.in

Southwest Garo Hills district [1] is an administrative district in the State of Meghalaya, India. The Ampati Civil Sub-Division is upgraded to a full fledged district asSouth West Garo Hills, on 7 August 2012 with its headquarters at Ampati. [2] It was inaugurated by Dr. Mukul Sangma, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Meghalaya, India.

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Inauguration of South West Garo Hills District by Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Dr. Mukul Sangma on 7 August 2012 SWGH - inauguration.jpg
Inauguration of South West Garo Hills District by Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Dr. Mukul Sangma on 7 August 2012

History and Creation

The South West Garo Hills is carved out of present West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. The District comprises all the villages falling under the two Community and Rural Development Blocks, [3] viz. Betasing and Zikzak Community and Rural Development Blocks, including 33 (thirty-three) villages under Mukdangra Gram Sevak (GS) Circle and Garobadha Gram Sevak Circle of Selsella Community & Rural Development Block, 24 (twenty-four) villages under Okkapara Songma Gram Sevak Circle and Chengkuregre Gram Sevak Circle of Gambeggre Community & Rural Development Block, 13 (thirteen) villages under Jarangkona Gram Sevak Circle of Dalu Community & Rural Development Block and Anggalgre village of Rongkhongre Gram Sevak Circle of Rongram Community & Rural Development Block.

Reorganized Gram Sevak Circle

After the reorganization of the Gram Sevak Circle all the villages annexed from other Community and Rural Development Blocks falls under Betasing Community and Rural Development Block, except for Jarangkona Gram Sevak Circle of Dalu Community & Rural Development Block which falls under Zikzak Community and Rural Development Block.[ citation needed ]

Demographics

The population of South West Garo Hills is 1,72,495 with 87,135 male and 85,360 female population as per Census 2011, which is as per the new reorganized Gram Sevak Circle of Betasing and Zikzak Community and Rural Development Blocks. The literacy rate of the District is 56.7% as per 2011 Census. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2,095 (1.21%) and 1,38,168 (80.10%) of the population. [4] Christianity is the dominant religion, with Hinduism and Islam second-largest religions.

Language

Garo is spoken by majority of the residents of the district. Bengali, Hajong and Koch are the major minority languages.

Languages spoken in South West Garo Hills (2011) [5]
  1. Garo (51.1%)
  2. Bengali (26.4%)
  3. Hajong (16.5%)
  4. Koch (5.48%)

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Meghalaya State Portal(http://meghalaya.gov.in:8080/megportal/district_details/20325)
  2. ↑ Governor Notification (http://meghpol.nic.in/notification/New_Dist_SWGH.pdf%5B%5D)
  3. ↑ "Official Website of Community & Rural Development Department". Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  4. ↑ District Statistical Office, West Garo Hills, Tura
  5. ↑ "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - South Garo Hills". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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