- Country
- India(since 1947)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica“Delhi”britannica.com/place/DelhiRetrieved 2018-02-22
- , British Raj(1858–1947)
- , Mughal Empire(1556–1857)
- +6 more
- India(since 1947)
- Located in
- National Capital Territory of Delhi(since 1947)
- , British Raj(1857–1947)
- , Mughal Empire(1556–1856)
- +1 more
- Population
- 26.5M(2016)
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Sources- 1.“Census Profile, 2016 Census”www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0221&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Delhi&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=AllRetrieved 2018-02-22
- , 16.8M(2011)
- 26.5M(2016)
- Area
- 1,397.3 km²
- , 1,484 km²
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Sources- 1.“Land area in square kilometres”www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0221&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Delhi&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=AllRetrieved 2018-02-22
- Elevation
- 221 m
2
Sources- 1.“Geographic coordinates of Delhi, India”dateandtime.info/citycoordinates.php?id=1273294Retrieved 2018-02-22
- 2.it-ch.topographic-map.com/map-8wnm14/Delhi/?zoom=19¢er=28.65695%2C77.22759&popup=28.65719%2C77.22755
- 221 m
- Head of government
- Rekha Gupta(since 2025)
- , Pravesh Wahi(since 2026)
- Founded
- 500s BCE
- Postal code
- 110000–110999
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228 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
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- Ulaanbaatar(since 2002)
- Karachi
- Fukuoka Prefecture(since 2007)
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- Part of
- Indo-Gangetic Plain
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Sources- 1.“Indo-Gangetic plain, New Delhi one of most polluted regions in world: NASA research”americanbazaaronline.com/2016/07/07/indo-gangetic-plain-new-delhi-one-of-most-polluted-regions-in-world-nasa-research414901/Retrieved 2018-02-22
- Ganges–Yamuna Doab
- Indo-Gangetic Plain
- Demonym
- Delhiite
- Delhiano
- دہلوی
- दिल्लीवाले
- Male population
- 8,987,326(2011)
- Female population
- 7,800,615(2011)
- Urban population
- 16.4M(2011) male population: 8,761,005 · female population: 7,607,894 · number of households: 3,356,425
- Rural population
- 419,042(2011) male population: 226,321 · female population: 192,721 · number of households: 79,574
- Literate population
- 12.7M(2011) male population: 7,194,856 · female population: 5,542,911
- Illiterate population
- 4,050,174(2011) male population: 1,792,470 · female population: 2,257,704
- Native label
- दिल्ली
- देहली
- دهلي
- دہلی
- Official name
- दिल्ली transliteration or transcription: dillī
- دہلی vocalized name: دِہْلی · transliteration or transcription: dihlī
- Language used
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- Significant event
- 2020 Delhi riots(2020)
- 2012 Delhi gang rape case(2012)
- Siege of Delhi(1857)
- Siege of Delhi(1804)
- Shaheen Bagh protests(2019–2020)
- Continent
- Asia
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Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica“Delhi”britannica.com/place/DelhiRetrieved 2018-02-22
- Asia
- Members / parts
- Delhi
- New Delhi nature of statement: often
- Delhi Cantonment nature of statement: often
- Related category
- Category:Delhi-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Hashtag
- Delhi
- Named after
- entrance native label: دهلیز · sourcing circumstances: presumably
On other databases
92 identifiers linking Delhi across the web's reference databases
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- GitHub topicdelhi
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- Lex IDDelhi
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- SBN place IDRMSL000052
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- Subredditdelhi
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- UN/LOCODEINDEL
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- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12345972
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJw8XFXDG64DKftXrGrXh3
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- X (Twitter) usernameDelhiGovDigital
- Yale LUX IDplace/4b431c14-fc1c-462c-89c1-16791c5910a2