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During the 1970s, Delhi had only four administrative districts ie North, South, Central and New Delhi. [12] Between January 1997 and September 2012, there were nine administrative districts and 27 sub-divisions. [1] In September 2012, two new administrative districts, viz. South-East Delhi and Shahdara were added to the city's map. [2]
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 ...
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 first, the house-listing phase, began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of data about all the buildings and census houses. [16] Information for the National Population Register was also collected in the first phase. The second, the population enumeration phase, was conducted from 9 – 28 February 2011 all over the country.
Central Delhi has a population of 582,320 (2011 census), and an area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi), with a population density of 25,759/km 2 (66,720/sq mi), making it the most densely populated district of India. Central Delhi business district and high rises. It includes Old Delhi.
The district has a population density of 36,155 inhabitants per square kilometre (93,640/sq mi) . [4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.78%. [4] North East Delhi has a sex ratio of 886 females for every 1000 males, [4] and a literacy rate of 83.09%. The Scheduled Castes make up 16.67% of total district population. [4]
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 ...