List of districts of Delhi

Delhi is divided into eleven revenue districts. Each district is headed by a District Magistrate and has three subdivisions. A Subdivision Magistrate heads each subdivision.

The initial nine districts 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,Two new districts added to Delhi in 2012 taking the total count to 11.

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:


 New List of Districts in National Capital Territory of Delhi 

Sl.No.DistrictHeadquarterSub divisions (Tehsils) 1 New DelhiConnaught Place Chanakyapuri Delhi Cantonment Vasant Vihar 2 North West Delhi Kanjhawala Rohini Kanjhawala Saraswati Vihar 3 North Delhi Narela Model Town Narela Alipur 4 West Delhi Rajouri Garden Patel NagarPunjabi Bagh Rajouri Garden 5 South West Delhi Dwarka Dwarka Najafgarh Kapashera 6 South Delhi  Saket 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 Shahdara Shahdara Shahdara Seemapuri Vivek Vihar 11 East Delhi Preet Vihar Gandhi Nagar Preet Vihar Mayur Vihar

 Old List of Districts in National Capital Territory of Delhi

Sl.No.DistrictHeadquartersArea  (km2)Population  Census 2011 Population  Census 2001Population  Census 1991Sub divisions 1 Central Delhi Daryaganj  23.36  578,671  646,385  656,533 Daryaganj Paharganj Karol Bagh 2 North Delhi Sadar Bazaar  58.92  883,418  781,525  686,654 Sadar Bazaar Kotwali Civil Lines 3 South Delhi Saket  249.44  2,733,752  2,267,023  1,501,881 Kalkaji Defence Colony Hauz Khas 4 East Delhi Preet Vihar  48.90  1,707,725  1,463,583  1,023,078 Gandhi Nagar Preet Vihar Vivek Vihar 5 North East Delhi Shahdara  56.32  2,240,749  1,768,061  1,085,250 Shahdara Naveen Shahdara Rohtash Nagar 6 South West Delhi Palam, Nangal Raya, Delhi  420.80  2,292,363  1,755,041  1,087,573 Vasant Vihar Najafgarh Delhi Cantonment 7 New Delhi Connaught Place  34.95  133,713  179,112  168,669 Connaught Place Parliament Street Chanakyapuri 8 North West Delhi Kanjhawala  442.84  3,651,261  2,860,869  1,777,968 Saraswati Vihar Narela Model Town 9 West Delhi Rajouri Garden  130.56  2,531,583  2,128,908  1,433,038 Patel Nagar Punjabi Bagh Rajouri Garden  Total  1483.0  16,753,235  13,850,507  9,420,644   

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