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{{Infobox settlement
| name = East Garo Hills district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Meghalaya|District of Meghalaya]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name = East Garo
| image_map = East Garo Hills in Meghalaya (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of East Garo Hills district in Meghalaya
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Williamnagar
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Meghalaya]]
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| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Williamnagar]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2603
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_total = 317,917
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 53%
| demographics1_title2 = [[human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
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| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 7
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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| website = {{URL|http://eastgarohills.gov.in}}
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'''East Garo Hills''' is an administrative [[district]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]] in [[India]].

==History==
The East Garo Hills district was formed in 1976, after the erstwhile Garo Hills district of [[Meghalaya]] was re-organised with a view to bring the administration closer to the people.

The district headquarters-complex of the district, christened as [[Williamnagar]] after the name of Captain [[Williamson A. Sangma]] the founder Chief Minister of the State of Meghalaya. Williamnagar is located on the vast plainlands along the bank of the [[Someshwari River|Simsang River]], at Simsanggre. These plainlands are in a sense historical, as it was here that the Garos made their last major resistance to the British intrusion into Garo Hills during the year 1837. The legendary Garo leader Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma was felled by the British, in skirmish, at Chisobibra, quite close to Wiliamnagar, on 12 December 1837.

==Geography==
The district headquarters are located at [[Williamnagar]]. The district occupies an [[area]] of 2603 km².

==Divisions==
===Lok Sabha===
The district falls under the [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)]] which [[Purno Agitok Sangma]] had been represented at the [[Lok Sabha]], the Lower House of the Indian Parliament since 1975-2016. Purno Agitok Sangma had been former Union Minister and has the distinction of being the only unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha (during the 11th Lok Sabha). After his death, his son [[Conrad Sangma]] representing this constituency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-dragging-religion-into-meghalaya-polls-says-conrad-sangma/articleshow/63047624.cms |title=Congress dragging religion into Meghalaya polls, says Conrad Sangma |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=Feb 23, 2018 |access-date=Feb 27, 2018}}</ref>

===Assembly Constituency===
There are 3 (three) Assembly Constituencies of the Meghalaya State Legislative Assembly within the East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The Assembly Constituencies are as follows:

* SONGSAK (ST)
* RONGJENG (ST)
* WILLIAMNAGAR (ST)

===Administrative divisions===
East Garo Hills division is divided into five blocks:<ref>{{cite map |publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |title=Meghalaya Administrative Divisions |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/MEGHALAYA.pdf |language=en |format=PDF |year=2011 |access-date=2011-09-29 }}</ref>

{{East Garo Hills district image map}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" width=65% style="border:1px solid black"
|- bgcolor=#FF7F27
| width="10%" | '''Name'''
| width="20%" | '''Headquarters'''
| width="20%" | '''Population'''
| width="10%" | '''Location'''
|- bgcolor=#EEBFEB
| Dambo Rongjeng|| Rongjeng|| || [[File:East Garo Hills Subdivisions Dambo Rongjeng.png|120px|center]]
|- bgcolor=#EEBFEB
| Kharkutta|| Kharkutta|| || [[File:East Garo Hills Subdivisions Kharkutta.png|120px|center]]
|- bgcolor=#EEBFEB
| Resubelpara|| [[Resubelpara]]|| || [[File:East Garo Hills Subdivisions Resubelpara.png|120px|center]]
|- bgcolor=#EEBFEB
| [[Samanda block|Samanda]]|| Samanda|| || [[File:East Garo Hills Subdivisions Samanda.png|120px|center]]
|- bgcolor=#EEBFEB
| Songsak|| Songsak|| || [[File:East Garo Hills Subdivisions Songsak.png|120px|center]]
|}

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] East Garo Hills district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 317,917,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[The Bahamas]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Bahamas, The 313,312
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 569th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 122 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.75%.<ref name=districtcensus/> East Garo Hills has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 968 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 75.51%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Languages===
East Garo's languages include [[A'Tong language|A'Tong]], a [[Tibeto-Burman]] language spoken by 10,000 people in [[Bangladesh]] and India.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = A'Tong: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aot | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
In 1986 East Garo Hills district, along with its sister districts [[South Garo Hills|South]] and [[West Garo Hills]], became home to [[Nokrek National Park]]. The park has an area of {{convert|47|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment |title=Protected areas: Meghalaya |url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |access-date=September 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://eastgarohills.gov.in East Garo Hills District Administration Official Website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = East Garo Hills
|North = [[Goalpara district]], [[Assam]]
|Northeast = [[Kamrup district]], [[Assam]]
|East = [[West Khasi Hills]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[South Garo Hills]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[West Garo Hills]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{Meghalaya}}

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