Williamnagar

Williamnagar
Simsanggre
city
Simsang Winter Festival
Simsang Winter Festival
Williamnagar is located in Meghalaya
Williamnagar
Williamnagar
Location in Meghalaya, India
Williamnagar is located in India
Williamnagar
Williamnagar
Williamnagar (India)
Coordinates: 25°29′44″N 90°37′01″E / 25.4954600°N 90.6168200°E / 25.4954600; 90.6168200
CountryIndia
StateMeghalaya
DistrictEast Garo Hills
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
18,251
Languages
 • RegionalGaro
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code
794111
Vehicle registrationMl-07b 3172
ClimateCwa

Williamnagar, formerly known as Simsanggre, is the headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India.

History

Williamnagar, the headquarters complex of the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, one of the states of northeastern India, was christened after Captain Williamson A. Sangma, the founding chief minister of the state of Meghalaya. The township was planned around the erstwhile village of Simsanggre, on the vast plainlands along the bank of the Simsang River, in 1976 after the Garo Hills district of yesteryear was re-organised to carve out a new district called East Garo Hills District.

The place where Williamnagar is situated has historical importance, as it was here that the Garos made their last major resistance to the British intrusion into Garo Hills during the year 1837. The legendary Garo leader Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma was felled by the British in a skirmish at Chisobibra, on the outskirts of Williamnagar, on 12 December 1837.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Williamnagar had a population of 18,251. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Williamnagar has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 64%. In Williamnagar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Places of interest

  1. Pa.Togan N Sangma Memorial Park, Chisobibra
  2. Simsang River
  3. Jadi Dare Park
  4. Chibok Dare(Falls)
  5. Mrik Wari
  6. Rongon (Swimming)
  7. Me Dare(Falls)
  8. Gitcham(old) Balpakram
  9. Bansamgre Picnic Spot
  10. Bansamgre Fish Sanctuary
  11. Nengmandal Fish Sanctuary
  12. Do.be Dare(Falls)
  13. Siju Caves
  14. Chokpot Falls
  15. Katta Beel Lake
  16. Rongsu Falls

Schools and colleges

Schools

Colleges

References

  1. ↑ "East Garo Hills town gets first IT centre". Telegraph India. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2019. Williamnagar, the district headquarters, though, is the only "planned town" in the entire state. It is situated on the upper reaches of the Simsang river, and for this reason it was originally called Simsanggre. The name was rechristened in 1976 to Williamnagar, after Meghalaya's first chief minister Captain Williamson A. Sangma.
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.