North Delhi district

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North Delhi
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North Delhi
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°40′35″N77°13′30″E / 28.676314°N 77.224977°E / 28.676314; 77.224977
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Union territory Delhi
Division Delhi division
Headquarters Alipur
Government
  Body Government of Delhi
Elevation
213 m (699 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,405,723
Languages
  Official Hindi, English, Haryanvi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
1100xx [1]
Lok Sabha constituencyNorth Delhi
Civic agency Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
Website dmnorth.delhi.gov.in

North Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Alipur is the administrative headquarters of this district. North Delhi is bounded by the Yamuna River and the district of Central Delhi on the east and by the district of North West Delhi to the west.

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Districts of Delhi

Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Model Town, Narela, and Alipur.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census North Delhi had a population of 887,978, [2] roughly equal to the nation of Fiji [3] or the US state of Delaware. [4] This gives it a ranking of 468th in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of 14,973 inhabitants per square kilometre (38,780/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.04%. North Delhi had a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 86.81%. [2]

After reorganization, the new North Delhi district had a population of 1,405,723, of which 1,236,984 (88.00%) lived in urban areas. North Delhi had a sex ratio of 852 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes made up 262,648 (18.68%) of the population. [2]

Religions in North Delhi district (2011) [5]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
86.08%
Islam
9.71%
Sikhism
3.02%
Jainism
0.67%
Other or not stated
0.52%
Distribution of religions

Languages of North Delhi district (2011) [6]

   Hindi (85.84%)
   Punjabi (4.71%)
   Bhojpuri (1.82%)
   Haryanvi (1.80%)
   Bengali (1.26%)
   Urdu (1.21%)
  Others (3.36%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 85.84% of the population spoke Hindi, 4.71% Punjabi, 1.82% Bhojpuri 1.80% Haryanvi, 1.26% Bengali and 1.21% Urdu as their first language. [6]

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References

  1. North Delhi
  2. 1 2 3 "District Census Handbook: NCT Delhi" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  3. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population" . Retrieved 1 October 2011. Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
  4. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Delaware 897,934
  5. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: NCT Delhi". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: NCT Delhi". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.