| West Delhi | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Delhi |
| Pushpin Map: | India Delhi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Delhi, India |
| Coordinates: | 28.6608°N 77.1008°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Delhi |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Rajouri Garden |
| Governing Body: | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 129 |
| Elevation M: | 219 |
| Population Total: | 3923,243 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi, Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 1100xx[1] |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | West Delhi |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Leader Title: | Member of Parliament |
| Leader Name: | Kamaljeet Sehrawat |
West Delhi is one of the 11 administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Patel Nagar, Rajouri Garden and Punjabi Bagh.West Delhi is bound by the districts of North West Delhi to the north, North Delhi and Central Delhi to the east, South West Delhi to the south, and Jhajjar District of Haryana state to the west. Major residential and commercial areas of Delhi like Janakpuri, Uttam Nagar and Tilak Nagar are located in West Delhi.
West Delhi has an area of 129 km2, with a population density of nearly 14,000 persons per km2. The population of 2,543,243 consists of 1,356,240 males and 1,187,003 females. Children between 0–6 years are 203,528 consisting of 109,526 boys and 94,002 girls. The literacy rate is above 70% at a total of 1,301,252 of which 739,572 are males and 561,680 females.[2]
According to the 2011 census West Delhi has a population of 2,543,243,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[4] or the US state of Nevada.[5] This gives it a ranking of 169th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 19625PD/sqkm .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.91%.[3] West Delhi has a sex ratio of 876 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 87.12%. 2,536,823 (99.75%) of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 14.80% of the population.[3]
At the time of the 2011 census, 75.46% of the population spoke Hindi, 14.52% Punjabi, 1.66% Bhojpuri 1.32% Urdu and 1.06% Rajasthani as their first language.[6]