DISTRICT MEDICAL & HEALTH OFFICER JAINTIA HILLS JOWAI

The Jaintia Hills District is located between 25-26 degree latitude North and 92-114 degree Longitude east. It is bounded by Assam in the North and East on the South by Bangladesh and on the West by East Khasi Hills.

The People living in Jaintia Hills District are mainly the Pnar. Their main occupation is Agriculture, Jaintia Hills has plenty of coal reserve and transaction of the item to the neighboring state of Meghalaya and Bangladesh made a good progress.

i. Area of the District	3819Sqkm.
ii. No of Sub Division in the District	3(i.e Amlarem, Khliehriat, Thadlaskein)
iii. No of Block in the District	5 (i.e Amlarem, Khliehriat Laskein, Thadlaskein and Saipung Block
iv. No of Village in the District	480
v. No of Locality in town	22
vi No of towns	1 (Jowai).
vii. No of Population in the District as per Health Survey 2007-08	Rural 3,52,454, Urban 25,233.
viii. No of Hospitals in the District	2 (Jowai Civil Hospital Govt. Hospital & KJP Assembly Private Hospital.
ix. No of CHCs	5 Nos.
x. No of PHCs	17 Nos.
xi No of Dispensaries	1 No.
xii No of Sub Cenres	77Nos
xiii No of Beds in the CHCs	150 Nos
xiv No of Beds in the PHCs	170 Nos
xv. no of vehicles	19 Nos.

Functions & Objectives:-

I. DM&HO

Administration.
Implementation and Monitoring
Supervision.

II . Superintendent

Administration
Preventive and Curative

III. Sub Centre level

Preventive.

Plan Allocation- Rs.46178,878/-
Non-Plan Allocation- Rs.4,49,53,910/-

(For maintenance of staff including Medicines Surgical equipments etc.)

Major Plan Schemes

Construction and Achievement in Percentage
Civil Hospital Ialong	18%.
100 (Hundred) Bedded Hospital- Khliehriat	25%.
CHC at Namdong	77%.
CHC at Nangbah	95%.
PHC at Lumshnong	96%

N.B:- Allocation of Budget Placed direct with Executive Engineer (HEW) Shillong, on going Plan Schemes- Namdong, Khliehriat, Nongbah, Lumshnong, Ialong