| 词条 | West Garo Hills district | ||||||||||||||||
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|Name = West Garo Hills |Local = West Garo |State = Meghalaya |Division = |Map = MeghalayaWestGaroHills.png |HQ = Tura, India |Area = 3714 |Rain = |Population = 515,813 |Year = 2001 |Density = |Literacy = 53% |SexRatio = |Assembly = 7 |Highways = |Website = http://westgarohills.nic.in }}West Garo Hills is an administrative district in Garo Hills of the state of Meghalaya in India. Tura town is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 3714 km² and has a population of 515,813 (as of 2001). As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Meghalaya (out of 7), after East Khasi Hills.[1] West Garo Hills district is located at the westernmost part of Meghalaya. The district is bounded by East Garo Hills district on the east, by South Garo Hills district on the south-east, Goalpara district of Assam state on the north and north-west and Bangladesh on the south. HistoryIn 22 October 1976 the erstwhile Garo Hills district was bifurcated into two districts: West Garo Hills district and East Garo Hills district The ersthwile West Garo Hills district was further divided into two districts: the present day West Garo Hills district and South Garo Hills district in June, 1992. EconomyIn 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named West Garo Hills one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[2] It is one of the three districts in Meghalaya currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[2] Mahendraganj international border crossingMahendraganj-Baksiganj international border crossing is at Mahendraganj town in West Garo HIlls district in India on NH12 to Bakshiganj is an international crossing being further developed in the Bharatmala routes (slide 22).[3]DivisionsAdministrative divisionsWest Garo Hills district is divided into six blocks, after the creation of South West Garo Hills district :[4]
DemographicsAccording to the 2011 census West Garo Hills district has a population of 642,923,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Montenegro[5] or the US state of Vermont.[6] This gives it a ranking of 514th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of {{convert| 173 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.02%.[1] West Garo Hills has a sex ratio of 979 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 68.38%.[1] Tura has a mixed population of Garos or Achiks (as they prefer to call themselves), Bengalis, Nepalis, Assamese, members of other ethnic groups such as the Hajong, Rabhas and Koches, Bodo and a fair sprinkling of South Indians in the Catholic Church, the teaching profession and the paramilitary forces. LanguagesLanguages in West Garo include A'Tong, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by 10,000 people in Bangladesh and India.[7] CulturePlaces of InterestSome places of interest in Garo Hills are Siju Cave, Nokrek Peak, Siju Bird Sanctuary, Imilsang Dare falls, Sosibibra and Rongdong falls. Some places worth visiting in West Garo Hills are 1. Bhaitbari / Wadagokgre Excavation Site, 2. Pelga Waterfalls, 3. Tura Peak Range, 4. Nokrek Peak, 5. Nokpante Institution, 6. Typical Garo Villages and many others. Flora and faunaIn 1986 West Garo Hills district, along with its sister districts South and East Garo Hills, became home to Nokrek National Park. The park has an area of {{convert|47|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=September 8, 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|accessdate=September 27, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archivedate=April 5, 2012|df=}} 3. ^Bharatmala 4. ^{{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= }} 5. ^{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote = Montenegro 661,807 July 2011 est.}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-09-30| quote =Vermont 625,741}} 7. ^{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = A'Tong: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aot | accessdate = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}} 8. ^{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|date=|title=Protected areas: Meghalaya|publisher=|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|accessdate=September 25, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archivedate=August 23, 2011|df=}} External links
|Centre = West Garo Hills |North = Goalpara district, Assam |Northeast = |East = East Garo Hills |Southeast = South Garo Hills |South = Bangladesh |Southwest = |West = Dhubri district, Assam |Northwest = }}{{Meghalaya}}{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}{{coord|25.5167|N|90.2167|E|type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=title}} 6 : Districts of Meghalaya|West Garo Hills district|Minority Concentrated Districts in India|1976 establishments in India|Districts of India|Autonomous regions of India |
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