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There are eleven administrative or revenue districts in Delhi, India, all of which fall under the Delhi division. [1] [2] Each of these district is headed by a District Magistrate (DM) also called Deputy Commissioner (DC), [3] [4] [5] who reports to the Divisional Commissioner who is ex-officio Director of Civil Defence, Inspector General of Stamps and Registration and Additional Chief ...
Delhi is a vast city and a union territory, and is home to a population of more than 16 million people. It is a microcosm of India and its residents belong to varied ethnic, religious and linguistic groups. As the second-largest city, and the capital of the nation, its 11 revenue or administrative districts comprise multiple neighbourhoods. The ...
District Type* Population 2011 Male Female Population below 5 yrs Literacy rate Delhi: Delhi Municipal Corporation - M Corp 11,007,835 5,871,362 5,136,473 1,209,275 87.60 New Delhi Municipal Council - M Cl 249,998 136,438 113,560 20,857 90.93 Kirari Suleman Nagar: North West Delhi: CT 282,598 152,135 130,463 40,720 79.22 Sultan Pur Majra: North ...
According to the 2011 census Central Delhi has a population of 582,320, [6] roughly equal to the nation of Solomon Islands [7] or the US state of Wyoming. [8] This gives it a ranking of 531st in India (out of a total of 640). [6] The district has a population density of 23,149 inhabitants per square kilometre (59,960/sq mi). [6]
Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 27.63%. North West Delhi has a sex ratio of 862 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 84.66%. [3] The bifurcated district had a population of 2,250,816, of which 2,205,605 (97.99%) of the population lived in urban areas. The district had a sex ratio of 872 females per ...
The district has a population density of 19,625 inhabitants per square kilometre (50,830/sq mi) . [3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.91%. [ 3 ] West Delhi has a sex ratio of 876 females for every 1000 males, [ 3 ] and a literacy rate of 87.12%. 2,536,823 (99.75%) of the population lives in urban areas.
Its district headquarters is New Delhi. It is named after New Delhi, the capital of India, located within its borders, and is in its entirety a part of the Delhi megacity. The district was founded in 1997, [3] [4] but its borders significantly changed during the redrawing of the Delhi districts in 2012. [5]
The National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) is a special union territory of India jointly administered by the Central government, the NCT elected government and three municipal corporations. The metropolis of Delhi and the National Capital Territory of Delhi are coextensive and for most practical purposes they are considered to be the same ...