List of 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]

Map showing the old nine districts of Delhi.

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

List of Districts of Delhi (Delhi division)[2]
Sl.No. District Headquarters Sub divisions (Tehsils)
1 New DelhiConnaught Place Chanakyapuri Delhi Cantonment Vasant Vihar
2 North DelhiAlipur 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 DelhiNand Nagri Seelampur Yamuna Vihar Karawal Nagar
10 ShahdaraShahdara Shahdara Seemapuri Vivek Vihar
11 East DelhiPreet Vihar Gandhi Nagar Preet Vihar Mayur Vihar

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".
  3. "North West District: Organisation Setup". Government of Delhi website. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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