Jaintia Hills district

Jaintia Hills district

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Jaintia Hills District
locator_position = left
state_name = Meghalaya
district = Jaintia Hills
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = ?
altitude = 1525
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 295692
area_total =
area_telephone = 0365#
postal_code = 793 150
vehicle_code_range = ML-04
footnotes =

Jaintia Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The present district was created in 22 February 1972 and occupies an area of 3819 km². It has a population of 295,692 (as of 2001), of which a vast majority is rural. The district headquarters are located at Jowai. The district is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion.

For the tribal division into twelve "elaka" (provinces), each under a "dolloi", tributary to the Raja of Jaintiapur, see Hills States

Agriculture and mining are the dominant economic activities. The district has large reserves of coal and is the largest producer of coal within Meghalaya.

External links

* [http://jaintia.nic.in Jaintia Hills website]


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