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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = East Jaintia Hills district<br />
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Meghalaya|District of Meghalaya]]<br />
| total_type = Total<br />
| native_name = Pait Wah<br />
| image_map = East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya (India).svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| coor_pinpoint = Khliehriat<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Meghalaya]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = <br />
| subdivision_name2 = <br />
| established_title = Established<br />
| established_date = <br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Khliehriat]]<br />
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]<br />
| parts_style = para<br />
| p1 = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 2126<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_total = 395,124<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_urban = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| demographics_type1 = Demographics<br />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]<br />
| demographics1_info1 = 53%<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio<br />
| demographics1_info2 = <br />
| leader_title = <br />
| leader_name = <br />
| leader_title1 = <br />
| leader_name1 = <br />
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]<br />
| leader_name2 = 3<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +05:30<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]<br />
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 6 (India)|NH-6]]<br />
| blank_name_sec2 = <br />
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| website = {{URL|http://eastjaintiahills.gov.in}}<br />
}}<br />
'''East Jaintia Hills district''' is a district with its headquarters at [[Khliehriat]] in [[Meghalaya]] state of India. The district was carved out of Jaintia Hills district on 31 July 2012.<br />
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'''Khliehriat''' and '''Saipung''' are the two community and rural development blocks of the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eastjaintiahills.gov.in |title=East Jaintia Hills }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
East Jaintia Hills District was carved out of the erstwhile Jaintia Hills District on 31 July 2012. '''Khliehriat''', the district headquarters, was created as an administrative unit on August 14, 1976 and was upgraded to a civil sub division on May 27, 1982 before finally becoming the district headquarters. <br />
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/meghalaya/story.php?sec=2&subsec=8&id=126729&dtP=2013-02-07&ppr=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232932/http://www.sentinelassam.com/meghalaya/story.php?sec=2&subsec=8&id=126729&dtP=2013-02-07&ppr=1 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
The total area of the district is 2115&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The district comprises 2 community and rural development blocks viz. Khliehriat C&RD Block, and Saipung C&RD Block with the following boundaries:<br />
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* North - [[Assam]] and [[West Jaintia Hills district|West Jaintia Hills District]]<br />
* South - [[Bangladesh]] and [[Assam]]<br />
* East - [[Assam]]<br />
* West - [[West Jaintia Hills district|West Jaintia Hills District]]<br />
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==Divisions==<br />
'''East Jaintia Hills district''' is divided into two blocks, namely:<br />
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<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 |trans-title=|language=English |format=PDF |edition= |year=2011 |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |section= |inset= |accessdate=2011-09-29 |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=65% style="border:1px solid black"<br />
|- bgcolor=#99ccff<br />
| width="10%" | '''Name'''<br />
| width="20%" | '''Headquarters'''<br />
| width="20%" | '''Population'''<br />
| width="10%" | '''Location'''<br />
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF<br />
| Khliehriat|| Khliehriat|| || [[File:Jaintia Hills Subdivisions Khliehriat.png|120px|center]]<br />
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF<br />
| [[Saipung]]<br />
|| Saipung|| || [[File:Jaintia Hills Subdivisions Saipung.png|120px|center]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
Mainly inhabited by the [[Pnar people|Pnar]]s, Khynriam and the [[Biate people|Biate]]s, East Jaintia Hills has a population of 395,124 residing in 206 villages.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/meghalaya/story.php?sec=2&subsec=8&id=126729&dtP=2013-02-07&ppr=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232932/http://www.sentinelassam.com/meghalaya/story.php?sec=2&subsec=8&id=126729&dtP=2013-02-07&ppr=1 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://eastjaintiahills.gov.in/ Official website]<br />
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