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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
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The total area of the district is 2,115 km (817 sq mi). The district comprises 2 community and rural development blocks viz. Khliehriat C&RD Block, and Saipung C&RD Block with the following boundaries:
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Khliehriat and Saipung are the two community and rural development blocks of the district.
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state of India. The district was carved out of Jaintia Hills district on 31 July 2012.
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East Jaintia Hills district is divided into two blocks, namely:
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At the time of the 2011 census, 81.39% of the population spoke
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District
Meghalaya
Lukha River
Location in Meghalaya
India
State
Meghalaya
Khliehriat
Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Literacy
Time zone
UTC+05:30
IST
Major highways
NH-6
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Khliehriat
Meghalaya
Assam
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Bangladesh
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Saipung

Christians
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