West Jaintia Hills

West Jaintia Hills District
State	Meghalaya
Administrative headquarters :	Jowai
Area :	1693 km²
Residents :	272,185 (2011)
Population density :	161 inhabitants / km²
Website :	official website

The West Jaintia Hills District is a district in the Indian state of Meghalaya . The administrative seat is in Jowai .

geography

The West Jaintia Hills district is located in the east of Meghalaya on the border with Bangladesh . The area of the district is 1693 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are East Jaintia Hills districts to the east and southeast and East Khasi Hills districts to the west. It also borders the Indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and the neighboring state of Bangladesh in the south.

history

The district was created on July 31, 2012 in its current form through the division of the former Jaintia Hills district into the two districts of East Jaintia Hills and West Jaintia Hills. The three CD blocks Amlarem, Laskein and Thadlaskein formed the new West Jaintia Hills district.

population

According to the 2011 census, the West Jaintia Hills district has a population of 272,185. With 161 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. Of the 272,185 residents, 243,755 people (89.55 percent) lived in rural communities and 28,430 people in urban areas.

The district District West Jaintia Hills is mostly populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them were (2011) 257,941 people (94.77 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered only 844 people in 2011 (0.31 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the West Jaintia Hills district has been growing rapidly for decades. The 2001 Indian census found a population of people. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was more than 32 percent (.%). In these ten years the population increased by more than people. The population development from 1981 to 2011 was as follows:

Significant places

In the West Jaintia Hills district there is only one urban settlement with the district capital Jowai (28,430 inhabitants).

District population by gender

Of the 272,185 residents, 135,052 (49.62 percent) were male and 137,133 female. The excess of women is atypical for India, where there is usually a significant increase in men.

District population by language

A clear majority of the total population of the West Jaintia Hills District speaks Pnar / Synteng, which is one of the Khasi languages. Two other Khasi languages follow in second and third place with War and Khasi. There are small minorities of foreign speakers. Hindi is only spoken by a very small minority of immigrants.

year	Pnar / Synteng		Was		Khasi		Bengali		Karbi / Mikir		Hindi		Nepali		Other languages		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	211,335	77.64	33,916	12.46	17,949	6.59	1428	0.52	918	0.34	853	0.31	565	0.21	5221	1.92	272.185	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

In the past 100 years, the majority of the local population has converted to Christianity. Nevertheless, an above-average number of people have remained true to their traditional religions. In all three CD blocks, over 20 percent of the residents are followers of their traditional religion. The few Hindus and Muslims are mostly immigrants from other areas of India. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	161	0.06	182,685	67.12	9539	3.50	32	0.01	1106	0.41	15th	0.01	77,313	28.40	1334	0.49	272.185	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

The goal of full literacy is still a long way off. Of the 211,130 people aged seven and over, 133,272 (63.12 percent) can read and write. The higher literacy of women is astonishing by Indian standards. While 58.51 percent of the male population can read and write, it is 67.61 percent of the female population. In the (only) city of Jowai, more than 90 percent can read and write. The men and women are almost equally literate. The conditions in the rural communities are astonishing for India. The literacy level of women there is over 10 percent higher than that of men. However, the proportion of people who can read and write in rural areas is significantly lower than in Jowai City. The following table provides an overview of the relationships:

Literacy in the East Jaintia Hills District
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	133.272	63.12%
Men	60.902	58.51%
Women	72,370	67.61%
TOTAL CITY	22,387	91.10%
City men	10,760	91.83%
City women	11,627	90.44%
TOTAL COUNTRY	110,885	59.43%
Country men	50,142	54.28%
Country women	60,743	64.50%
Source: 2011 census result

administration

With Amlarem, Laskein and Thadlaskein the district has three Community Development Blocks (CD Blocks; subdistricts). On April 6, 2001, the previous CD block Khliehriat was divided into the two current CD blocks.

Individual evidence

Web links

25.27 92.12Coordinates: 25 ° 16 ′ 12 ″ N , 92 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ E

[1] District Census Handbook Jaintia Hills

[2] Handbook of Meghalaya 2008, page 16, DC Blocks Amlarem, Laskein and Thadlaskein

[3] Handbooks and Statistical Abstracts 1989, 1994 and 2008, numbers for the CD blocks Amlarem, Laskein and Thadlaskein