| South East Delhi | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Delhi |
| Pushpin Map: | India New Delhi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Delhi, India |
| Coordinates: | 28.5531°N 77.2599°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
| Subdivision Name1: | Delhi |
| Established Title: | Created |
| Established Date: | 2012 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Defence Colony |
| Area Total Km2: | 102 |
| Population Total: | 1,500,636 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 1100xx[1] |
| Registration Plate: | DL |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | South Delhi, New Delhi and East Delhi[2] |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | South Delhi Municipal Corporation |
| Website: | Official website |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| P1: | Defence Colony Sarita Vihar Kalkaji |
| Parts: | Tehsils |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Delhi division |
| Leader Title: | District collector |
| Leader Name: | Isha Khosla, IAS[3] |
South East Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.
This district was carved out in 2012 along with Shahdara, taking the total number to 11 administrative districts in Delhi.[4]
The South East Delhi district is bordered in west by South Delhi district, in south by the Faridabad district of Haryana, in east by River Yamuna, and by New Delhi district and East Delhi district in north-west and north-east respectively.
The district stretches from Jor Bagh, Lodhi Road, Khan Market, Sunder Nagar, Nizamuddin East, Nizamuddin West, Sarai Kale Khan, through Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Ashram, Ashram chowk,New Friends Colony, Nehru Place, Kalkaji, Chittaranjan Park, Govindpuri, Greater Kailash, Alaknanda to Jamia Nagar, Okhla, Sarita Vihar, Jaitpur,Badarpur and Badarpur border.
Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Defence Colony, Kalkaji and Sarita Vihar.[5] Defence Colony is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Since the district was created after the latest Census of India was completed in 2011, independent statistics for South East Delhi is not available yet.
Many renowned markets of Delhi such as Nehru Place, Lajpat Nagar, and New Friends Colony Market, as well as malls such as Select Citywalk, and The Great India Place, are located in South East Delhi. These areas are key commercial hubs, attracting shoppers and businesses alike with their diverse offerings and modern amenities.
South East Delhi is considered to be one of the most affluent residential districts of Delhi, other than the districts falling under Lutyen's Delhi, viz. New Delhi and Central Delhi. With upscale areas like New Friends Colony, Maharani Bagh, Friends Colony, Defence Colony, and Sarita Vihar, it has one of the highest land prices in Delhi. Urban villages in South East Delhi, like Jamia Nagar and Okhla, have become hubs for designer boutiques, restaurants, and art galleries and design studios.[6] [7]