Fact File – Meghalaya

AREA    22,429 sq. km
CAPITAL   Shillong
ATTAINED STATEHOOD   Jan 21, 1972
POPULATION (2001 census)    2,306,069
INDIA RANKING IN POPULATION FIGURES (2001census)    24
DISTRICTS    7

LITERACY RATE (2001 census)   63.31
LANGUAGES    Khasi, Garo, English
LEGISLATURE   Unicameral
CLIMATE
Summer
Max Temp – 23.3 degree Celsius.
Min Temp -15.0 degree Celsius.
Winter
Max Temp – 15.6 degree Celsius
Min Temp (Winter)- 3.9 degree Celsius

RAINFALL     241.5 cm
CLOTHING
Summer:-( April- October) Light tropical
Winter: – (November- March) Woollen
SEASON TO VISIT     October to April

For detailed information and reservations please contact:
Directorate of Tourism,
Govt. of Meghalaya,
Nokrek Building,
Lower Lachumiere,
Shillong- 793001.
Tel: (0364) 226054, Fax: (0364) 501859.

Meghalaya Tourism Dev. Corpn. Ltd.,
Shillong- 793001.
Tel: (0364) 226220/ 224933/ 222731.

Office of the Tourist Officer,
Tourist Compound Complex,
Opp. Central School,
Nazing Bazaar,
New Tura- 794001,
Tel: (03651) 42394

Tourist Information Centre,
Govt. of Meghalaya,
Meghalaya House,
Rehabari,
Guwahati,
Tel: (0361) 544343

Office of the Tourist Officer,
Govt. of Meghalaya,
9-10 Russell Street,
Kolkata- 700071.
Tel: (033) 22990797/ 2172802, fax: (033) 2172117.

Tourist Information Centre,
Govt. of Meghalaya,
Meghalaya House, 9,
Aurangzeb Road,
New Delhi- 110011, Tel: (011) 3014417.