Meghalaya

Meghalaya
Meghalaya
	State
	Seal
Kintra	Indie
Fuirmation	21 Januar 1972
Caipital	Shillong
Lairgest ceety	Shillong
Destricts	11
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Banwarilal Purohit
• Chief Meenister	Mukul Sangma (INC)
• Legislatur	Unicameral (60 seats)
• Pairliamentar constituency	Rajya Sabha 1 ; Lok Sabha 2
• Heich Court	Meghalaya Heich Court
Area
• Total	22429 km2 (8,660 sq mi)
Area rank	23rd
Population (2016)
• Total	3,211,000
• Rank	23rd
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-ML
HDI	0.585 (medium)
HDI rank	19t (2005)
Leeteracy	75.84% (24t)
Offeecial leid	Inglis, Khasi, Garo
Website	meghalaya.gov.in
	It receivit the status o a full-fledgit State in 1971 bi the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971

Meghalaya (/meɪɡˈɑːləjə/^[3] or US /ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə/;^[4] /meːɡʱaːləj(ə)/^{[citation needit]}) is a state in northeast Indie. The name means "the abode o cloods" in Sanskrit. The population o Meghalaya as o 2016 is estimatit tae be 3,211,474.^[5] Meghalaya covers a aurie o approximately 22,430 square kilometers, wi a lenth tae breadth ratio o aboot 3:1.^[6]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ ^a ^b "List of states with Population, Sex Ratio and Literacy Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
↑ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 122–126. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Mey 2012. Retrieved 16 Februar 2012.
↑ "Definition of Meghalaya in English from the Oxford Dictionary". Oxford Dictionary. Archived frae the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
↑ Define Meghalaya at Dictionary.com
↑ "Fact sheet on meghalaya" (PDF). 10 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
↑ Meghalaya IBEF, India (2013)

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

Offeecial wabsteid
Tourism of Meghalaya Archived 2018-05-20 at the Wayback Machine (Official)
Meghalaya at Curlie
[[voy:Meghalaya#Script error: The function "pageId" does not exist.|Meghalaya]] travel guide frae Wikivoyage
"Places to Visit in Meghalaya", Tripoto, archived frae the original on 20 December 2016, retrieved 2 November 2014
Strangler fig trees made into "living bridges" in Meghalaya

[census2011.co.in-1] "List of states with Population, Sex Ratio and Literacy Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

[langoff-2] "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 122–126. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Mey 2012. Retrieved 16 Februar 2012.

[3] "Definition of Meghalaya in English from the Oxford Dictionary". Oxford Dictionary. Archived frae the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[4] Define Meghalaya at Dictionary.com

[5] "Fact sheet on meghalaya" (PDF). 10 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[ibef-6] Meghalaya IBEF, India (2013)

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