East Jaintia Hills is one of 11 districts located in northeastern Indian state Meghalaya. There are total 2 blocks which comes under East Jaintia Hills district, and there are total 206 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of East Jaintia Hills district is 2992 and number of houses in this district is 20756.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 122939. Out of total 122939, male population count is 61233, where as female population count is 61706 in East Jaintia Hills.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 29856 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 29856 children 15051 are boys and 14805 are girl child.
Literacy rate of East Jaintia Hills district is 44%. 54255 out of total 122939 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 43% and 26469 males are literate out of total 61233 male population, where as female literacy rate is 54% and 27786 out of total 61706 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of East Jaintia Hills district is 55%. 68684 out of total 122939 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 56% and 34764 males are illiterate out of total 61233 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 54% and 33920 out of total 61706 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of East Jaintia Hills district is 45296 and non-working population is 77643 and out of 45296 working population 12799 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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