West Garo Hills
| West Garo Hills District | |
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| State | Meghalaya |
| Administrative headquarters : | Tura |
| Area : | 2855 km² |
| Residents : | 470,796 (2011) |
| Population density : | 165 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | official website |
The West Garo Hills district is a district in the Indian state of Meghalaya . The administrative seat is the city of Tura .
geography
The West Garo Hills district is located in western Meghalaya on the border with Bangladesh . The area of the district is 2855 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are North Garo Hills to the northeast, East Garo Hills to the east, South Garo Hills to the southeast, and South West Garo Hills to the west. In the west, northwest and north the district borders on the Indian state of Assam and in the south on India's neighboring state Bangladesh.
history
The district was created on August 7, 2012 when the then West Garo Hills district was divided. The CD blocks Betasing (all municipalities; 72,103 inhabitants) and Zikzak (all municipalities; 74,602 inhabitants), 11 municipalities of the CD block Dalu (with 2875 of the 54,095 inhabitants of the CD block), 25 municipalities of the CD block Gambegre (with 6777 of the 33,546 inhabitants of the CD block), the municipality of Angalgre of the CD block Rongram (with 153 of the 133,756 inhabitants of the CD block) and 41 municipalities of the CD block Selsella (with 15,985 of the 175,206 inhabitants of the CD block) separated from the former West Garo Hills district and formed the new South West Garo Hills district.
population
According to the 2011 census, the West Garo Hills district has 470,796 residents. With 165 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. Of the 470,796 residents, 395,938 (84.10 percent) lived in rural communities and 74,858 people in urban areas.
The district West Garo Hills district is mostly populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them (2011) were 335,841 people (71.33 percent of the district population). In 2011, only 6715 people (1.43 percent of the district's population) belonged to the Dalit ( scheduled castes ).
Significant places
In the West Garo Hills district there is only one urban settlement with the city of Tura.
District population by gender
Of the 470,796 residents, 237,024 (50.35 percent) were male and 233,772 female. This is typical of India, where there is usually a marked increase in men.
District population by language
About 67 percent of the district's residents are Garo. Around 20 percent of the population speak Bengali. The three Hindu peoples of Rabha, Hajong (each around 3 percent) and Koch (around 2 percent) make up around 8 percent of the population. There are also smaller linguistic minorities who speak Assamese, Hindi and Nepali. These language groups, which together number around 20,000 people, are also predominantly Hindus.
Population of the district by confession
In the past 100 years, the majority of the local population has converted to Christianity. Today around 62 percent of the population are Christians. However, there are significant religious minorities due to the high level of immigration from other parts of India and from Bangladesh. Around 80,000 people (around 17 percent of the population each) are Hindus and Muslims.
education
The goal of full literacy is still a long way off. Of the 387,900 people aged seven and over, 260,911 (67.26 percent) can read and write. For Indian standards, the clear difference between the sexes and the urban / rural ditch is normal. 93 percent of men in the only city (Tura) can read and write. But only just under 57 percent of women in rural communities. The following table provides an overview of the relationships:
| Literacy in the West Garo Hills District | ||||||
| unit | 2011 census | |||||
| number | proportion of | |||||
| TOTAL | 260.911 | 67.26% | ||||
| Men | 140.297 | 71.92% | ||||
| Women | 120,615 | 62.55% | ||||
| TOTAL CITY | 60,254 | 91.33% | ||||
| City men | 30,418 | 93.17% | ||||
| City women | 29,836 | 89.53% | ||||
| TOTAL COUNTRY | 200,657 | 62.33% | ||||
| Country men | 109,879 | 67.65% | ||||
| Country women | 90,779 | 56.92% | ||||
| Source: 2011 census result | ||||||
administration
With Dadenggiri and Raksamgre, the district has two sub-divisions, which are further subdivided into six Community Development Blocks (CD Blocks; subdistricts) with Dadenggiri, Dalu, Gambegre, Rongram, Selsella and Tikrikilla.
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 25 ° 18 ′ 36 ″ N , 90 ° 7 ′ 48 ″ E