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| Office of the Sub-Divisional Officer, Ampati |
CREATION OF AMPATI CIVIL SUB-DIVISION:
In the interest of General Public of the area it was created as Betasing Administrative Unit on 14th of August, 1976 and functioned at the Betasing Block headquarter. Finally it was created as a full fledged Civil Sub-Division on 15th of October, 1982 in the banner/name of Ampati Civil Sub-Division and continued to function at the Betasing Block headquarter. On August, 1988 it was shifted to its own Sub-Divisional Office Complex at Ampati, West Garo Hills.
The sub-division has a population of 1,51,941 (2001 census). The hill region is mostly inhabited by the Garos while in the foothills there are Hajongs, Koch and Bengalis.
The Sub-Divisional Headquarter is also connected to all the neighboring places including one important trade center Mankachar of lower Assam, District Dhubri.
The Sub-Division is inhabited by the following communities:
1. Garo,
2. Bengali,
3. Muslim,
4. Koch,
5. Hajong,
6. Hindi speaking people and
7. Rabha.
It shares international boundaries with Bangladesh which stretches upto 35 KM. While it share interstate boundary with Assam.
The sub-division has a population of 1,51,941 (2001 census). The hill region is mostly inhabited by the Garos while in the foothills there are Hajongs, Koch and Bengalis.
The Sub-Divisional Headquarter is also connected to all the neighboring places including one important trade center Mankachar of lower Assam, District Dhubri.
The Sub-Division is inhabited by the following communities:
1. Garo,
2. Bengali,
3. Muslim,
4. Koch,
5. Hajong,
6. Hindi speaking people and
7. Rabha.
It shares international boundaries with Bangladesh which stretches upto 35 KM. While it share interstate boundary with Assam.
Up-gradation of Ampati Civil Sub-Division to District, South West Garo Hills
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| Dr. Mukul Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya inaugurating South West Garo Hills District |
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| Office of the Deputy Commissioner, South West Garo Hills, Ampati |
Meghalaya
Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma In the interest of general public inaugurated the South West Garo Hills on 7 August 2012 at its headquarters, Ampati. With the inaguration of South West Garo Hills District the number of districts in the state has gone up to
11(eleven). It is located at the Latitude of 25º27.505 and Longitude of 089º56.456 and
is 52 km away from the district headquarter Tura of West Garo Hills.The Southwest Garo Hills is
carved out of West Garo Hills district and the areas under its jurisdiction are
Betasing and Zikzak C&RD Blocks, villages from under Garobadha GS circle of
Selsella block, Okkapara Songma GS circle and Chengkomgre GS circle under
Gambegre block and Dokonggre GS circle under Rongram block.
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