West Delhi (district) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids West Delhi
District of Delhi
West Delhi Location in Delhi
Country	India
State	Delhi
Headquarters	Rajouri Garden
Government
• Body	Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Area
• Total	129 km2 (50 sq mi)
Elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,543,243
• Density	19,720/km2 (51,060/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Punjabi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	1100xx
Lok Sabha constituency	West Delhi

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.

Districts of Delhi

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 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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census West Delhi has a population of 2,543,243, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 169th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 19,625 inhabitants per square kilometre (50,830/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.91%. West Delhi has a sex ratio of 876 females for every 1000 males, 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.

Languages of West Delhi district (2011)      Hindi (75.46%)     Punjabi (14.52%)     Bhojpuri (1.66%)     Urdu (1.32%)     Rajasthani (1.06%)     Others (5.98%)

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.

See also

In Spanish: Distrito de Delhi occidental para niños

• Districts of Delhi
• Bali Nagar
• Meera Bagh
• Najafgarh
• Indira Gandhi International Airport
• Ashok Nagar (Delhi)
• Tilak Nagar
• Janakpuri
• Vikaspuri
• Paschim Vihar
• Punjabi Bagh
• NANGLOI
• Rajouri Garden
• Mayapuri
• Chander Vihar

• Patel Nagar
• Dwarka
• Dashrath puri
• South Delhi
• Hari Nagar
• Subhash Nagar
• Uttam Nagar
• Shadipur Depot (Baljit Nagar, Kathputli Colony)
• Naraina Ind. Area
• Kirti Nagar
• Saraswati Garden
• Mansarover Garden