North East Delhi | |
Settlement Type: | District of Delhi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Delhi |
Subdivision Name2: | Delhi Division |
Established Date: | 1997 |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Nand Nagri |
Leader Title: | Lok Sabha MP |
Leader Name: | Manoj Tiwari |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Commissioner |
Leader Name1: | Mr Pankaj Kumar (IAS) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 62 |
Population Total: | 2,241,624 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | 36,155 |
Population Urban: | 2,220,097 |
Population Rural: | 21,527 |
Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
Demographics1 Title1: | Population Growth |
Demographics Type2: | Languages |
Demographics2 Title1: | Official |
Demographics2 Info1: | Hindi, Haryanvi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 1100xx[2] |
Demographics1 Info1: | 26.78% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Literacy |
Demographics1 Info2: | 83.09% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Sex Ratio |
Demographics1 Info3: | 886 |
North East Delhi is one of the eleven administrative district of Delhi, India. The district was established in 1997. North East Delhi borders the Yamuna River on the west, Ghaziabad District to the north and east, East Delhi to the south, and North Delhi to the west across the Yamuna. Gokalpur,Karawal Nagar, Seelampur and Yamuna Vihar are 3 sub-divisions of this district.
According to the 2011 census, North East Delhi had a population of 2,241,624, roughly equal to the nation of Latvia, or the United States state of New Mexico.[3] [4] This gives it a ranking of 202nd in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 36155PD/sqkm .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.78%.[3] North East Delhi has a sex ratio of 886 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 83.09%. The Scheduled Castes make up 16.67% of total district population.[3]
Hindus are majority in the district consisting of 68.22% of total population, with a significant population of Muslims with 29.34%.
North East Delhi incorporates the following towns:[5]
Villages in North East Delhi are divided into three administrative villages:Shahdara with no sub-villages, Seema Purl with one sub village, Mandoli, and Seelam Pur with twelve sub-villages:[6]