State · Northeast

Meghalaya

State profile

🌧️Fun factMeghalaya's Mawsynram is the wettest inhabited place on Earth (~11,872 mm annual rainfall).

Factsheet

Capital: Shillong
Language(s): English, Khasi, Garo
Formed: 1972
Area: 22,429 km²
Districts: 12
Head (2025): Conrad Sangma
State animal: 🐾 Clouded leopard
State bird: 🐦 Hill myna
State flower: 🌸 Lady's slipper orchid
State tree: 🌳 Gamhar

Report Card

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SDG India Index

63

#33 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹1.24 L

#28 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

6.2%

#30 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

76.9%

#1 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

No verified data yet for this indicator.

Life Expectancy at Birth

No verified data yet for this indicator.

Total Fertility Rate

2.9

#2 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

58.1%

#34 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

46.5%

#35 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

56.6%

#29 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

74.4%

#23 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

72.9%

#15 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

25.4%

#22 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

87.6 per lakh

#3 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

41.6 per lakh

#14 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

43.2%

#27 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

29,66,889

#24 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

989 per 1,000 men

#7 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

20.1%

#31 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

27.9%

#2 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

92.8%

#26 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

80.2%

#18 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

49.0%

#26 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

21.7%

#14 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

2,439 kg/ha

#15 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

38.3%

#16 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

1.29 ha

#13 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

2

#29 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

13,72,000

#25 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

20,000

#27 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023