List of districts of Delhi

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There are eleven administrative or revenue

Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).[9][10]

Districts of Delhi

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.

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). [11]

History

The present system of administration in Delhi can be traced back to 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.[12] Between January 1997 and September 2012, there were nine administrative districts and 27 sub-divisions.[1] In September 2012, two new administrative districts, viz. South-East Delhi and Shahdara were added to the city's map.[2]

In 1978, the Delhi Police Act was promulgated, by which Delhi came under the Police Commissionerate system. Since then almost all powers with respect to maintenance of law & order with the

Commissioner of Delhi Police (as per the Criminal procedure code or CrPC
)

The erstwhile

Deputy Commissioners had no role in municipal works. Later in January 2012, MCD was trifurcated into North, South and East MCD. In 2022, the 3 municipal corporations were merged again into the newly founded Municipal Corporation of Delhi which is headed by Municipal Commissioner
.

List of districts of Delhi

Below is the list of 11 districts and 33 sub-divisions of Delhi (with effect from September 2012).[13][14][2] All 11 districts of Delhi fall under Delhi division.

No. District Location of Headquarters Population Area Sub-divisions (Tehsils) Ref.
1 Central Delhi Daryaganj 578,671 23 Civil Lines Karol Bagh Kotwali [15]
2 East Delhi Shastri Nagar 1,707,725 49 Gandhi Nagar Mayur Vihar Preet Vihar [16]
3 New Delhi Jamnagar House 133,713 35 Chanakyapuri Delhi Cantonment Vasant Vihar [17]
4 North Delhi Alipur 883,418 59
Alipur
 Model Town Narela [18]
5 North East Delhi Nand Nagri 2,240,749 56 Karawal Nagar
Seelampur
 Yamuna Vihar [19]
6 North West Delhi Kanjhawala 3,651,261 234.4 Kanjhawala
Rohini
 Saraswati Vihar [20]
7 Shahdara Nand Nagri 322,931 59.75
Seemapuri
 Shahdara
Vivek Vihar
 [21]
8 South Delhi Saket 2,733,752 249 Hauz Khas Mehrauli Saket [22]
9 South East Delhi Lajpat Nagar 637,775 102 Defence Colony Kalkaji Sarita Vihar [23]
10 South West Delhi Kapashera 2,292,363 421 Dwarka Kapashera Najafgarh [24]
11 West Delhi Shivaji Place 2,531,583 131 Patel Nagar Punjabi Bagh Rajouri Garden [25]

List of Municipalities in Delhi

Municipalities of Delhi

There are three

Municipalities (1 Municipal Corporation, 1 Municipal Council and 1 Cantonment Board
) in Delhi. These are as follows:

Municipality Jurisdiction
Municipal Corporation of Delhi 12 Zones (Centre, South, West, Najafgarh, Rohini, Civil Lines, Karol Bagh, SP-City, Keshavpuram, Narela, Shahdara North & Shahdara South)[26][27]
New Delhi Municipal Council New Delhi[28][29]
Delhi Cantonment Board
 Delhi Cantonment[30][31]

See also

Notes

References

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  2. ^ a b c Gupta, Geeta (12 September 2012). "Delhi gets two more revenue districts: Southeast, Shahdara". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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  4. ^ "List of ADMs at Revenue Department | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Welcome To Department of Revenue | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Organization Setup | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. ^ "List Of Revenue(HQ) | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  8. ^ "List of DC in Districts | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Sub division Offices | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ^ "List of SDMs at Revenue Department | Department of Revenue". revenue.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Delhi gets 15 new police stations, one new police district from January 1". Hindustan Times. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  12. ^ "General Information, Government of Delhi".
  13. ^ "Home | e-District Delhi". edistrict.delhigovt.nic.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  14. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Home | District Magistrate (Central)". dccentral.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  16. ^ "East District, Delhi | Welcome to District East, Delhi | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  17. ^ "District New Delhi, Government of NCT of Delhi | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  18. ^ "District North, Government of Delhi | Revenue Services | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  19. ^ "District North East, Government of Delhi | District North East, Government of Delhi | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  20. ^ "District North West, Government of Delhi | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  21. ^ "District Shahdara, Government of Delhi | Revenue Services | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  22. ^ "DM - South Delhi | District Magistrate South Delhi | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  23. ^ "About District South East | District Magistrate South East | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  24. ^ "District South West, Government of Delhi | Revenue Services | India". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  25. ^ "Home | West District". dcwestrev.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Municipal Corporation of Delhi". mcdonline.nic.in. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  27. ^ "Zones | Municipal Corporation of Delhi". mcdonline.nic.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  28. ^ "Introduction - NDMC".
  29. ^ "Map of NDMC" (PDF). www.ndmc.gov.in.
  30. ^ "About Us | Delhi Cantonment". delhi.cantt.gov.in.
  31. ^ "Delhi Cantonment map". delhi.cantt.gov.in.
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