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{{Infobox settlement
| name = South West Khasi Hills district
| settlement_type = District
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = South West Khasi Hills in Meghalaya (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of South West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya
| coordinates = {{coord|25.3|91.2|display=title,inline}}
| coor_pinpoint = Mawkyrwat
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Meghalaya]]
| subdivision_type2 =
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| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Mawkyrwat]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 1341
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 110152
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 76.84
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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| website = {{URL|http://southwestkhasihills.gov.in}}
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'''South West Khasi Hills''' is an administrative [[district]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]] in [[India]].

== History ==
The South West Khasi Hills district was carved out of the [[West Khasi Hills district]] on 3 August 2012.<ref>[https://meghalaya.gov.in:8443/megcms/sites/default/files/circulars/mawkyrwat.pdf Official circular regarding Mawkyrwat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105115606/https://meghalaya.gov.in:8443/megcms/sites/default/files/circulars/mawkyrwat.pdf |date=2013-11-05 }}</ref>

==Geography==
The district headquarters is located at [[Mawkyrwat]]. The district occupies an [[area]] of 1,341 km². The district is compose all the villages of two Community & Rural Development Blocks viz. [[Ranikor]] and [[Mawkyrwat]] are Community & Rural Development Block, including 18 (Eighteen) Villages under Warsan Lyngdoh Gram Sevak Circle of [[Nongstoin]] in Community & Rural Development Block.

===Administrative divisions===
South West Khasi Hills district is divided into two blocks

{| class="wikitable sortable" width=65% style="border:1px solid black"
|- bgcolor=#99ccff
| width="10%" | '''Name'''
| width="20%" | '''Headquarters'''
| width="20%" | '''Population'''
| width="10%" | '''Location'''
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| Mawkyrwat|| Mawkyrwat|| || [[File:West Khasi Hills Subdivisions Mawkyrwat.png|120px|center]]
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| Ranikor|| Ranikor|| || [[File:West Khasi Hills Subdivisions Ranikor.png|120px|center]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://southwestkhasihills.gov.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = South West Khasi Hills
|North = [[West Khasi Hills district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[East Khasi Hills district]]
|Southeast = [[East Khasi Hills]]
|South = ''{{flagicon|Bangladesh}}[[Bangladesh]]''
|Southwest =
|West = [[South Garo Hills district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Meghalaya}}

[[Category:South West Khasi Hills district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Meghalaya]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Autonomous regions of India]]
{{Meghalaya-geo-stub}}

South West Khasi Hills district - Revision history

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