Ampati

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Ampati
Town
Ampati Location in Meghalaya, India Show map of Meghalaya Ampati Ampati (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°28′15″N 89°56′04″E / 25.470728°N 89.934529°E / 25.470728; 89.934529
Country	India
State	Meghalaya
District	South West Garo Hills
District council	GHADC
Languages
• Regional	Garo, Koch, Hajong, Bengali
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	794115
Vehicle registration	ML 14
Website	southwestgarohills.gov.in

Ampati is a district headquarters of South West Garo Hills of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India.^[1] South West Garo Hills is curved of present West Garo Hills on 7 August 2012. It is located at the latitude of 25º27.505 and longitude of 089º56.456 and is 52 km away from the district headquarters Tura of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya. The hill region is mostly inhabited by the Garos, while in the foothills there are Hajongs and Koches. The second largest ethnicity after Garos is Hajong. The district is surrounded by South Salmara district of Assam and Kurigram District of Bangladesh. South West Garo Hills has approximately 35 kilometres of international boundary with Bangladesh on the south and western side. Nearly one third of the total number of villages of the district is declared as border villages by the Border Area Development Department.