About Jaintia Hills District

Jaintia Hills is a district in Meghalaya, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Jaintia Hills was 395,124 with a growth rate of 32.10%. Jaintia Hills covers 3,819 Km² area. Sex ratio of Jaintia Hills's population is 1013 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 976 females out of 1000 males.

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For easier reading, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Jaintia Hills, Urban/Rural population of Jaintia Hills, Literacy data of Jaintia Hills and Religion wise data of Jaintia Hills. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Jaintia Hills,Meghalaya, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Jaintia Hills

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Population	395,124	Growth (%)	32.10
Male Population	196,285	Sex Ratio	1,013
Female Population	198,839	Child Sex Ratio	976
Area ( In Km. Square )	3,819

Jaintia Hills has a total population of 395,124 people. Out of this, the male population stands at 196,285 while the female population 198,839. The district area is 3,819 square kilometers.

In terms of demographic statistics, Jaintia Hills has sex ratio of 1,013 females per 1000 males and a child sex ratio of 976 girls per 1000 boys.

Urban/Rural Population of Jaintia Hills

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Urban Population	28,430	Rural Population	366,694
Urban Population (%)	7.20	Rural Population (%)	92.80
Urban male Population	13,675	Rural Male Population	182,610
Urban Female Population	14,755	Rural Female Population	184,084
Urban Sex Ratio	1,079	Rural Sex Ratio	1,008

Jaintia Hills urban population is 28,430 (7.20% of the total), while the rural population is 366,694 (92.80% of the total). Across the decade to 2011 the district grew by 32.10% overall.

Among the urban population 13,675 are males, and 14,755 are females, resulting in an urban sex ratio of 1,079 females per 1000 males. In the rural population 182,610 are males and 184,084 are females, resulting in an rural sex ratio of 1,008 females per 1000 males.

Literacy data of Jaintia Hills

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Literate	187,527	Literacy (%)	61.64
Male Literate	87,371	Male Literacy (%)	58.14
Female Literate	100,156	Female Literacy (%)	65.06
Urban Literate	22,387	Rural Literate	165,140
Urban Male Literates	10,760	Urban Male Literacy (%)	91.83
Rural Male Literates	76,611	Rural Male Literacy (%)	55.29
Urban Female Literates	11,627	Urban Female Literacy (%)	90.44
Rural Female Literates	88,529	Rural Female Literacy (%)	62.75

The literacy data of Jaintia Hills highlights a total literacy rate stands at 61.64% with 187,527 literate individuals. Male literacy is 58.14% while female literacy is lower at 65.06% among them, 87,371 males and 100,156 females are literate, highlighting a gender gap.

Urban areas show higher literacy rate with 22,387 people being literate, with men at 91.83% and female at 90.44%, compared to rural areas whereas 165,140 people are literate, with male at 55.29% and female at 62.75%. Highlights a gap between urban and rural literacy rates.

Religion Wise Data of Jaintia Hills

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Hindu	12,456	Hindu (%)	3.15
Muslim	1,646	Muslim (%)	0.42
Sikh	34	Sikh (%)	0.01
Christian	271,596	Christian (%)	68.74
Jain	45	Jain (%)	0.01
Buddhist	284	Buddhist (%)	0.07
Other	107,559	Other (%)	27.22
Not Avaiable	1,504	Not Avaiable (%)	0.38

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Common questions about Jaintia Hills

As recorded in the Census of India 2011, Jaintia Hills district had a population of 395,124. That figure has not been revised since, because no later census has been completed.

Jaintia Hills is divided into 5 tehsils. Each one is listed on this page, and opening a tehsil shows every village recorded inside it.

The sex ratio of Jaintia Hills is 1013 females for every 1000 males. A figure below 1000 means women are outnumbered in the district.

The child sex ratio of Jaintia Hills is 976 girls for every 1000 boys, counting only children aged 0 to 6.

The literacy rate of Jaintia Hills is 61.64 per cent. That works out to 187,527 literate people.

Jaintia Hills covers an area of 3,819 square kilometres.

366,694 people in Jaintia Hills live in rural areas and 28,430 live in urban areas, so the district is counted as largely rural in character.

The population of Jaintia Hills grew by 32.1 per cent between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.

Jaintia Hills is a district of Meghalaya. You can open Meghalaya from this page to see all of its other districts.

A tehsil is the administrative level between a district and a village. Some states call the same unit a taluka, mandal, block or circle, but it sits in the same place in the hierarchy.