List of cities in Delhi by population

The constituent parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi form an urban agglomeration. In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration (UA) was defined as follows:[1]

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Delhi urban agglomeration constituents

This is a list of towns and cities that are constituent parts of the urban agglomeration (UA) of Delhi, a union territory of India. All have a population greater than 100,000, as counted in the 2011 census of India.[2]

Rank	Name	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy rate
1	New Delhi	New Delhi	UA	16,314,838	8,739,213	7,575,625	1,912,253	86.43
* UA=urban agglomeration

Non-city constituents

The urban agglomeration (UA) of Delhi has 113 constituent parts, as identified by the Directorate of Census Operations, for the 2011 census of India.[3] Of these, 100 are defined as towns for census purposes, which may be categorised as municipal corporations, municipal councils, cantonment boards, census towns, or out growths; and 13 are cities. These, all with a population of 1 lakh or more, are noted below:[4]

Census towns

• Aali
• Alipur
• Asola
• Aya Nagar
• Babarpur
• Bakhtawarpur
• Bakkar Wala
• Bankauli
• Bankner
• Bapraula
• Baqiabad
• Barwala
• Bawana
• Begum Pur
• Bhalswa Jahangirpur
• Bhati
• Bhor Garh
• Burari
• Chandan Hola
• Chattarpur
• Chhawala
• Chilla Saroda Bangar
• Chilla Saroda Khadar
• Daryapur Kalan
• Dayalpur
• Dallopura
• Dindarpur
• Deoli
• Dera Mandi
• Fatehpur Beri
• Gharonda Neemka Bangar (also known as Patparganj)
• Gharoli
• Gheora
• Gokalpur
• Ghitorni
• Hastsal
• Holambi kalan
• Holambi khurd
• Ibrahimpur
• Jaitpur
• Jiwanpur (also called Johripur)
• Jaffrabad
• Jharoda Kalan
• Jonapur
• Jharoda Majra Burari
• Kanjhawala
• Kamalpur Majra Burari
• Kapas Hera
• Karala
• Karawal Nagar
• Kair
• Khanpur Dhani
• Khajoori Khas
• Khera
• Khera Kalan
• Khera Khurd
• Kirari Suleman Nagar
• Kondli
• Kotla Mahigiran
• Kusumpur
• Ladpur
• Libaspur
• Maidan Garhi
• Mehrauli
• Mukhmelpur
• Moradabad Pahari
• Malikpur Kohi alias Rangpuri
• Mithepur
• Molarband
• Mirpur Turk
• Mubarak Pur Dabas
• Mustafabad
• Mohammad Pur Majri
• Mandoli
• Mukandpur
• Mundka
• Mitraon
• Nilothi
• Nangloi Jat
• Nithari
• Neb Sarai
• Nangli Sakrawati
• Pooth Kalan
• Pooth Khurd
• Pul Pehlad
• Prahlad Pur Bangar
• Qadipur
• Quammruddin Nagar
• Rajapur Khurd
• Rajokri
• Rani Khera
• Roshanpura (also called Dichaon Khurd)
• Sultanpur Majra
• Saidabad
• Shakarpur Baramad
• Sadatpur Gujran
• Siraspur
• Sahibabad Daulatpur
• Shafipur Ranhola
• Tikri Kalan
• Sambhalka
• Sultanpur
• Saidul Azaib
• Taj Pul
• Tukhmirpur
• Tilangpur Kotla
• Tigri
• Tikri Khurd
• Ziauddinpur

Cantonment boards

• Delhi Cantonment

Out growths

• Nil

Municipal corporations

• Delhi Municipal Corporation

Municipal councils

• New Delhi (NDMC)

Constituents with city status

Constituents of the Delhi UA which are classified as cities, all with a population greater than 100,000, as per the 2011 census, are shown in the table below.[5]

Urban agglomeration	Name of constituent	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy rate
Delhi	Delhi Municipal Corporation	-	M Corp	11,007,835	5,871,362	5,136,473	1,209,275	87.60
	New Delhi Municipal Council	-	M Cl	249,998	136,438	113,560	20,857	90.93
	Kirari Suleman Nagar	North West Delhi	CT	282,598	152,135	130,463	40,720	79.22
	Sultan Pur Majra	North West Delhi	CT	181,624	95,816	85,808	24,254	79.78
	Bhalswa Jahangir Pur	North West Delhi	CT	197,150	106,271	90,879	27,653	76.94
	Burari	North Delhi	CT	145,584	77,767	67,817	18,134	81.94
	Karawal Nagar	North East Delhi	CT	224,666	120,284	104,382	30,985	84.57
	Mustafabad	North East Delhi	CT	127,012	66,754	60,258	19,370	76.10
	Gokal Pur	North East Delhi	CT	121,938	64,935	57,003	15,299	85.24
	Mandoli		CT	120,345	64,123	56,222	16,212	80.72
	Dallo Pura	East Delhi	CT	154,955	66,754	81,425	73,530	81.92
	Hastsal	West Delhi	CT	177,033	95,068	81,965	23,920	84.68
	Nangloi Jat	West Delhi	CT	205,497	110,068	95,429	28,274	83.40
	Delhi Cantonment	South West Delhi	CB	116,352	67,703	48,649	13,214	91.11
	Deoli	South Delhi	CT	169,410	91,173	78,237	22,526	83.85

Abbreviations: M Corp. = municipal corporation, M = municipality, CT = census town, OG = out growth, NA = botified area, CB = cantonment board

References

1. "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
2. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
3. Directorate of Census Operations; Ministry of Home Affairs; Government of India (2010). "Census Circular No. 2 Sub: Rural-Urban classification for Census 2011 in NCT of Delhi". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
4. "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
5. "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.