List of districts of Delhi

Information about districts of Delhi, India

There are eleven administrative or revenue districts in Delhi, India, all of which fall under the Delhi division. 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). These 11 districts are divided into 33 sub divisions of Delhi, each headed by a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM). 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).

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. Between January 1997 and September 2012, there were nine administrative districts and 27 sub divisions. All 11 districts of Delhi fall under Delhi division. No. DistrictLocation of HeadquartersPopulationAreaSub divisions (Tehsils)Ref. (Reference) 1 Central DelhiDaryaganj 578,671 23 Civil Lines Karol Bagh Kotwali 2 East Delhi Shastri Nagar 1,707,725 49 Gandhi Nagar Mayur Vihar Preet Vihar 3 New Delhi Jamnagar House 133,713 35 Chanakyapuri Delhi Cantonment Vasant Vihar 4 North Delhi Alipur 883,418 59 Alipur Model Town Narela 5 North East DelhiNand Nagri 2,240,749 56 Karawal Nagar Seelampur Yamuna Vihar 6 North West Delhi Kanjhawala 3,651,261 234.4 Kanjhawala Rohini Saraswati Vihar 7 Shahdara Nand Nagri 322,931 59.75 Seemapuri Shahdara Vivek Vihar 8 South Delhi Saket 2,733,752 249 Hauz Khas Mehrauli Saket 9 South East Delhi Lajpat Nagar 637,775 102 Defence Colony Kalkaji Sarita Vihar 10 South West Delhi Kapashera 2,292,363 421 Dwarka Kapashera Najafgarh 11 West Delhi Shivaji Place 2,531,583 131 Patel Nagar Punjabi Bagh Rajouri Garden