🗺 State & UT profiles

Meghalaya

Population (2011)2,964,007
Density (per sq km)132
Urban population (%)20.08
Kingdoms and empires5
Events on the map0

🗺 Geography

⛰ Land and rivers

Plateaus: The Meghalaya Plateau (most of the state)

Physical India →

⚠ Natural hazards

Natural hazards →

🌿 Protected areas and natural heritage

Biosphere reserves: Nokrek (1988)

Climate & life → · Water & protected areas →

🏭 Resources and economy

Crops: Jute

Minerals & energy: Coal

Resources & economy →

📜 History

👑 Who held this land

Kingdoms, empires and cultures whose territory, as drawn on our map, covered a large part of today’s Meghalaya, or that were based here. Extents are approximate, so treat this as a guide to who held the region — not as exact borders.

Kamarupa c. 350 CE – c. 1140
Bengal Sultanate 1352 – 1576
Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857
350 CE1950

🎨 People and culture

👥 2011 Census

Population
2,964,007
Share of India’s population (%)
0.24
Density (per sq km)
132
Decadal growth 2001–11 (%)
27.82
Urban population (%)
20.08
Work participation rate (%)
40

People →

🎨 Art & culture

Nothing listed for this state on this page yet.

Art & culture →

Geography: features are those on our Geography map that cover a good part of the state (or that NCERT places in it); hazards, reserves, crops, minerals, industries and ports are where NCERT, UNESCO or the Ramsar list name or place them. Census figures are for 2011, as NCERT prints them.

How this is made: nothing here is new — it is YugMap’s own map data sorted by today’s states. A kingdom is listed if its territory on our map covered at least 40% of the state at some point, or if its centre or capital lies here; events and places are listed where their map point falls inside the state. State outlines follow India’s official map.