List of districts of Delhi

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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 Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary of Revenue Department of Delhi (as may be the case). [6] [7] [8] These 11 districts are divided into 33 sub-divisions of Delhi, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM). [9] [10]

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Districts of Delhi

The district administration of Delhi is the enforcement department for all kinds of the Government of Delhi's policies and exercises supervisory powers over numerous other functionaries of the government.

New Delhi serves as the capital of India and is the seat of all three branches of the government, Executive (Rashtrapati Bhavan), Legislature (Sansad Bhavan) and Judiciary (Supreme Court). Similarly, Delhi is divided into 15 Police Districts, each headed by an IPS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). These 15 police districts are divided into 66 police sub-divisions of Delhi, each headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). [11]

History

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. After the 69th Constitutional (Amendment) Act of 1991 came into force, Delhi was formally renamed as the National Capital Territory of Delhi or NCT of Delhi.

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]

In 1978, the Delhi Police Act was promulgated, by which Delhi came under the Police Commissionerate system. Since then almost all powers with respect to maintenance of law & order with the Deputy Commissioner were vested in the Commissioner of Delhi Police (as per the Criminal procedure code or CrPC)

The erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) came into existence in April 1958 and subsequently, Deputy Commissioners had no role in municipal works. Later in January 2012, MCD was trifurcated into North, South and East MCD. In 2022, the 3 municipal corporations were merged again into the newly founded Municipal Corporation of Delhi which is headed by Municipal Commissioner.

List of districts of Delhi

Below is the list of 11 districts and 33 sub-divisions of Delhi (with effect from September 2012). [13] [14] [2] All 11 districts of Delhi fall under Delhi division.

No.DistrictLocation of HeadquartersPopulationAreaSub-divisions (Tehsils)Ref.
1 Central Delhi Daryaganj 578,67123 Civil Lines Karol Bagh Kotwali [15]
2 East Delhi Shastri Nagar 1,707,72549 Gandhi Nagar Mayur Vihar Preet Vihar [16]
3 New Delhi Jamnagar House 133,71335 Chanakyapuri Delhi Cantonment Vasant Vihar [17]
4 North Delhi Alipur 883,41859 Alipur Model Town Narela [18]
5 North East Delhi Nand Nagri 2,240,74956 Karawal Nagar Seelampur Yamuna Vihar [19]
6 North West Delhi Kanjhawala 3,651,261234.4 Kanjhawala Rohini Saraswati Vihar [20]
7 Shahdara Nand Nagri 322,93159.75 Seemapuri Shahdara Vivek Vihar [21]
8 South Delhi Saket 2,733,752249 Hauz Khas Mehrauli Saket [22]
9 South East Delhi Lajpat Nagar 637,775102 Defence Colony Kalkaji Sarita Vihar [23]
10 South West Delhi Kapashera 2,292,363421 Dwarka Kapashera Najafgarh [24]
11 West Delhi Shivaji Place 2,531,583131 Patel Nagar Punjabi Bagh Rajouri Garden [25]

List of Municipalities in Delhi

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Municipalities of Delhi

There are three Municipalities (1 Municipal Corporation, 1 Municipal Council and 1 Cantonment Board) in Delhi. These are as follows:

MunicipalityJurisdiction
Municipal Corporation of Delhi 12 Zones (Centre, South, West, Najafgarh, Rohini, Civil Lines, Karol Bagh, SP-City, Keshavpuram, Narela, Shahdara North & Shahdara South) [26] [27]
New Delhi Municipal Council New Delhi [28] [29]
Delhi Cantonment Board Delhi Cantonment [30] [31]

See also

Notes

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