South West Garo Hills district
Southwest Garo Hills district | ||
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Vidhan Sabha constituencies 3 | | |
Area | ||
• Total | 822 km2 (317 sq mi) | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Total | 172,795 | |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) | |
Demographics | ||
• Literacy | 56.7% | |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | |
Website | southwestgarohills |
Southwest Garo Hills.
History and Creation
The
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 other major minority languages.
Garo is spoken by 88,216 people. Bengali is spoken by 45,586 whereas 10,292 people speaks Koch language.
Notable people
- Shamsul Hoque, inaugural MLA of Mahendraganj
References
- ^ Meghalaya State Portal(http://meghalaya.gov.in:8080/megportal/district_details/20325)
- ^ Governor Notification (http://meghpol.nic.in/notification/New_Dist_SWGH.pdf[permanent dead link])
- ^ "Official Website of Community & Rural Development Department". Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ District Statistical Office, West Garo Hills, Tura
- ^ "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - South Garo Hills". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2020.