The new district is carved out of the Mawkyrwat civil sub-division having an area of 1341 sq km with a population of 98,583 people having two assembly constituencies.
It also included two C&RD blocks
Meghalaya gets another district
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First Published: Aug 03 2012 | 8:35 PM IST
