List of districts of Delhi

There are eleven administrative or revenue districts in Delhi, India, all of which fall under the Delhi division.^[1][2] Each of these district is headed by a District Magistrate (DM) also called Deputy Commissioner (DC),^[3][4][5] who reports to the Divisional Commissioner who is ex-officio Director of Civil Defence, Inspector General of Stamps and Registration and Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary of Revenue Department of Delhi (as may be the case).^[6][7][8] These 11 districts are divided into 33 sub-divisions of Delhi, each headed by a 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.

New Delhi serves as the capital of India and is the seat of all three branches of the government, Executive (Rashtrapati Bhavan), Legislature (Sansad Bhavan) and Judiciary (Supreme Court). Similarly, Delhi is divided into 15 Police Districts, each headed by an IPS officer of the rank of 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 British India (1858–1947). During the Delhi Durbar of 1911, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency to New Delhi. Later the status of Delhi was elevated to a union territory in November 1956. After the 69th Constitutional (Amendment) Act of 1991 came into force, Delhi was formally renamed as 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 Deputy Commissioner were vested in the Commissioner of Delhi Police (as per the Criminal procedure code or CrPC)

The erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) came into existence in April 1958 and subsequently, 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	Preet Vihar	1,707,725	49	Gandhi Nagar	Mayur Vihar	Preet Vihar	[16]
3	New Delhi	New Delhi	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	Defence Colony	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

• Districts of Delhi Police

Notes

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