Delhi, India
| Delhi दिल्ली |
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| Union territory and City | |
| National Capital Territory of Delhi | |
From top clockwise: Lotus temple, Humayun's Tomb, Connaught Place, Akshardham temple and India Gate.
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 Location of Delhi in India |
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| Coordinates: 28°36′36″N 77°13′48″E / 28.61000°N 77.23000°ECoordinates: 28°36′36″N 77°13′48″E / 28.61000°N 77.23000°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| Settled | 6th century B.C., 3000 B.C. (from legend) |
| Incorporated | 1857 |
| Capital formation | 1911 |
| Formation of Union Territory | 1956 |
| Formation of NCT | 1 February 1992 |
| Capital | New Delhi |
| Districts | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Lt. Governor | Anil Baijal |
| • Chief Minister | Arvind Kejriwal |
| • Legislature | Unicameral (70 seats) |
| • High Court | Delhi High Court |
| • Police commissioner | Amulya Patnaik |
| Area | |
| • Union territory | 1,484.0 km2 (573.0 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 31st |
| Elevation | 200–250 m (650–820 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Union territory | 16,787,941 |
| • Density | 11,312/km2 (29,298/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,349,831 (2nd) |
| • City | 11,034,555 (2nd) |
| • Metro (2016) | 26,454,000 |
| Demonym(s) | Delhite |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | Punjabi, Urdu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5.30) |
| Pincode(s) | 1100XX |
| Area code(s) | +91 11 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-DL |
| Metro GDP | $167 to $370 billion (PPP) |
| Website | Delhi.gov.in |
| Animal | Nilgai |  |
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| Bird | House sparrow | -_Male_in_Kolkata_I_IMG_5904.jpg){kind=small} |
| Tree | Flamboyant |  |
| Flower | Alfalfa |  |
| Population Growth of Delhi | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1901 | 405,819 |
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| 1911 | 413,851 | 2.0% | |
| 1921 | 488,452 | 18.0% | |
| 1931 | 636,246 | 30.3% | |
| 1941 | 917,939 | 44.3% | |
| 1951 | 1,744,072 | 90.0% | |
| 1961 | 2,658,612 | 52.4% | |
| 1971 | 4,065,698 | 52.9% | |
| 1981 | 6,220,406 | 53.0% | |
| 1991 | 9,420,644 | 51.4% | |
| 2001 | 13,782,976 | 46.3% | |
| 2011 | 16,753,235 | 21.6% | |
| source: † Huge population rise in 1951 due to large scale migration after Partition of India in 1947. |
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Delhi (/ˈdɛli/, Hindustani pronunciation: [d̪ɪlliː] Dilli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi or NCT, is a city and a union territory of India. It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to 2011 census, Delhi's city population was about 11 million, the second highest in India after Mumbai, while the whole NCT population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban area is now considered to extend beyond the NCT boundary to include an estimated population of over 26 million people making it the world's second largest urban area. As of 2016[update] recent estimates of the metro economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi either the top or second most productive metro area of India. Delhi is the second wealthiest city after Mumbai in India, with a total wealth of $450 billion and home to 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires.
Delhi has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BC. Through most of its history, Delhi has served as a capital of various kingdoms and empires. It has been captured, ransacked and rebuilt several times, particularly during the medieval period, and modern Delhi is a cluster of a number of cities spread across the metropolitan region. A union territory, the political administration of the NCT of Delhi today more closely resembles that of a state of India, with its own legislature, high court and an executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister. New Delhi is jointly administered by the federal government of India and the local government of Delhi, and is the capital of the NCT of Delhi. Delhi hosted the first and ninth Asian Games in 1951 and 1982 respectively, 1983 NAM Summit, 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 BRICS Summit and was one of the major host cities of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
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