Twelve districts of Meghalaya and the headquarters each is administered from

Background

The Government of Meghalaya's district list names twelve districts with their headquarters. In the Khasi Hills these are East Khasi Hills with headquarters at Shillong, West Khasi Hills at Nongstoin, South West Khasi Hills at Mawkyrwat and Eastern West Khasi Hills at Mairang; Ri Bhoi is administered from Nongpoh. In the Jaintia Hills, West Jaintia Hills is headquartered at Jowai and East Jaintia Hills at Khliehriat. In the Garo Hills, West Garo Hills is run from Tura, East Garo Hills from Williamnagar, North Garo Hills from Resubelpara, South Garo Hills from Baghmara and South West Garo Hills from Ampati. East Khasi Hills is shown with an area of 2748 sq km and a population of 8,25,922, and West Garo Hills with 2811 sq km and 4,65,735. West Khasi Hills and Eastern West Khasi Hills are shown together, with a combined area of 3846 sq km. The figures come from the Statistical Handbook Meghalaya 2022 of the Directorate Of Economics And Statistics.