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Area served – Town or city where the airport is located IATA – The three letter airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association [ 2 ] ICAO – The four letter airport code assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization . [ 3 ]
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 large expanse of the city comprises residential districts that range from poor to affluent, and small ...
This list is about the area of largest cities in India. The cities are ranked by the area governed by local political bodies such as municipal corporations. For the list of largest metropolitan areas, see List of metropolitan areas in India. Greater Jaipur and Heritage Jaipur became two separate municipal corporations, so are not on the list.
Name of constituent 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 ...
The present system of administration in Delhi can be traced back to the British India (1858–1947). During the Delhi Durbar of 1911, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency to New Delhi. Later the status of Delhi was elevated to a union territory in November 1956.
The National Capital Region (NCR) and its planning board were created under the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985. [1] That 1985 Act defined the NCR as being the whole of Delhi; the Haryana districts of Gurgaon (then including the Nuh district), Faridabad and Sonipat, Rohtak (then including Jhajjar tehsil) and the Rewari tehsil then in Mahendragarh district; and the Uttar ...
Delhi, [a] officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions.
South Delhi is a vast area in the city of Delhi and contains many significant locations. Of the eleven 'historical cities' of Delhi, three, viz. Qila Rai Pithora (1st), Mehrauli (2nd) and Siri (including Hauz Khas) (3rd) fall in the South Delhi district. It was originally created after the construction of New Delhi.