List of districts of Delhi

Map showing the old nine districts of Delhi.

The initial nine districts of Delhi came into existence from January 1997. Prior to that, there used to be only one district for whole of Delhi with district headquarters at Tis-Hazari. In September 2012, two new districts, viz. South East and Shahdara were added to the city's map,[1]

The District Administration of Delhi is the enforcement department for all kinds of Government of Delhi and Central Government policies and exercises supervisory over numerous other functionaries of the Government. Below is the list of the districts and subdivisions of Delhi:

The skyline of Central Delhi
The South Block in New Delhi houses the Indian defence and finance ministries.

New List of Districts in National Capital Territory of Delhi[2]

Sl.No. District Headquarter Sub divisions (Tehsils)
1 New DelhiConnaught Place Chanakyapuri Delhi Cantonment Vasant Vihar
2 North DelhiNarela Model Town[3] Narela Alipur
3 North West DelhiKanjhawala Rohini Kanjhawala Saraswati Vihar
4 West DelhiRajouri Garden Patel Nagar Punjabi Bagh Rajouri Garden
5 South West DelhiDwarka Dwarka Najafgarh Kapashera
6 South DelhiSaket Saket Hauz Khas Mehrauli
7 South East DelhiDefence Colony Defence Colony Kalkaji Sarita Vihar
8 Central DelhiDaryaganj Kotwali Civil Lines Karol Bagh
9 North East DelhiSeelampur Seelampur Yamuna Vihar Karawal Nagar
10 ShahdaraShahdara Shahdara Seemapuri Vivek Vihar
11 East DelhiPreet Vihar Gandhi Nagar Preet Vihar Mayur Vihar

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Old List of Districts in National Capital Territory of Delhi

Sl.No. District Headquarters Area
(km2)		 Population
Census 2011 [4]		 Population
Census 2001		 Population
Census 1991		 Sub divisions
1 Central DelhiDaryaganj23.36578,671646,385656,533 Daryaganj Paharganj Karol Bagh
2 North DelhiSadar Bazaar58.92883,418781,525686,654 Sadar Bazaar Kotwali Civil Lines
3 South DelhiSaket249.442,733,7522,267,0231,501,881 Kalkaji Defence Colony Hauz Khas
4 East DelhiPreet Vihar48.901,707,7251,463,5831,023,078 Laxmi Nagar Preet Vihar Vivek Vihar
5 North East DelhiShahdara56.322,240,7491,768,0611,085,250 Shahdara Naveen Shahdara Rohtash Nagar
6 South West DelhiPalam, Delhi420.802,292,3631,755,0411,087,573 Vasant Vihar Najafgarh Delhi Cantonment
7 New DelhiConnaught Place34.95133,713179,112168,669 Connaught Place Parliament Street Chanakyapuri
8 North West DelhiKanjhawala442.843,651,2612,860,8691,777,968 Saraswati Vihar Narela Model Town[3]
9 West DelhiRajouri Garden130.562,531,5832,128,9081,433,038 Patel Nagar BTM Bagh [I thik tech park Garden]]
Total1483.016,753,23513,850,5079,420,644

Municipal Corporations

Apart from these districts, there are five municipalities within the National Capital Territory: three municipal corporations, one municipal council, and one Cantonment Board. They are

See also

References

  1. ↑ Two new districts added to Delhi in 2012
  2. ↑ districts of delhi. http://www.mapsofindia.com/delhi/districts/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. 1 2 "North West District: Organisation Setup". Government of Delhi website.
  4. ↑ "Census of Delhi 2011" (PDF). Government of India website.
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