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Two erstwhile Districts of the state of Assam: the United Khasi and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills were carved out on 21 January 1972 to form the State of Meghalaya. It covers a total area of 22.429 sq. km and has a population of 23,18,822 as per 2001 census. Over the years, 5 more districts have been created totaling seven at present. The Area and Population of the districts are shown below.

District	Area in sq. kms	Male	Female	Total
East Khasi Hills	2748	333553	327370	660923
Ri Bhoi	2448	99319	93471	192790
West Khasi Hills	5247	150419	145630	296049
Jaintia Hills	3819	149891	149217	299108
East Garo Hills	2603	127474	123108	250582
West Garo Hills	3677	263424	254966	518390
South Garo Hills	1887	52007	48973	100980
Meghalaya	22429	1176087	1142735	2318822

Source Census 2001

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