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Meghalaya (/ ˌ m eɪ ɡ ə ˈ l eɪ ə, m eɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l ə j ə /; [6] [7] lit. "the abode of clouds" [8]) is a state in northeast India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam : (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills . [ 9 ]
Shillong (English: / ʃ ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ /, [5] [6] Khasi: [ʃɨlːɔːŋ]) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India.It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district.
Location of Meghalaya. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Meghalaya: Meghalaya – state in north-east India. The name means "the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit. The state is the wettest region of India, recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 in) of rains a year.[6]
Khasi people form the majority of the population of the eastern part of Meghalaya, that is Khasi Hills, constituting 78.3% of the region's population, [10] and is the state's largest community, with around 48% of the population of Meghalaya.
Khasi is natively spoken by 1,038,000 people in India (as of 2011). It is the first language of one-third of the population of Meghalaya, or 997,000, [3] and its speakers are mostly found in the Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills regions.
Elephant Falls, Shillong, Meghalaya, India The Elephant Falls are a two-tier waterfall in Shillong , Meghalaya , India . [ 1 ] The mountain stream descends through two successive falls set in dells of fern-covered rocks.
The Meghalaya subtropical forests is an ecoregion of Northeast India. The ecoregion covers an area of 41,700 square kilometers (16,100 sq mi), and despite its name, comprise not only the state of Meghalaya , but also parts of southern Assam , and a tiny bit of Nagaland around Dimapur and adjacent Bangladesh .
Khasi states, 1947. The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a mountainous region in India that was mainly part of Assam and Meghalaya. This area is now part of the present Indian constitutive state of Meghalaya (formerly part of Assam), which includes the present districts of East Jaintia Hills district, headquarter Khliehriat, West Jaintia Hills district, headquarter Jowai, East Khasi Hills district ...