| East Jaintia Hills district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Meghalaya |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Native Name: | Pait Wah |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Khliehriat |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Meghalaya |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Khliehriat |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 2040 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 122939 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 53% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name2: | 3 |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Major highways |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NH-6 |
East Jaintia Hills district is a district with its headquarters at Khliehriat in Meghalaya state of India. The district was carved out of Jaintia Hills district on 31 July 2012.
Khliehriat and Saipung are the two community and rural development (C&RD) blocks of the district.[1]
East Jaintia Hills District was carved out of the erstwhile Jaintia Hills District on 31 July 2012. Khliehriat, the district headquarters, was created as an administrative unit on August 14, 1976, and was upgraded to a civil sub division on May 27, 1982, before finally becoming the district headquarters.[2]
The total area of the district is . The district comprises 2 C&RD, viz. Khliehriat C&RD block, and Saipung C&RD block with the following boundaries:
East Jaintia Hills district is divided into two blocks, namely:[3]
| Name | Headquarters | Population | Location | |
| Khliehriat | Khliehriat | |||
| Saipung | Saipung |
Mainly inhabited by the Pnar (also known as Jaintia), Khynriam and the Biates, East Jaintia Hills has a population of 1,22,939. Scheduled Tribes make up 118,158 (96.11%) of the population.[4]
At the time of the 2011 census, 81.39% of the population spoke Pnar, 9.04% Biate, 6.30% Khasi and 3.16% War as their first language.[5]