Delhi

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Delhi
| official_name = National Capital Territory of Delhi
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| image_blank_emblem = Seal_of_the_National_Capital_Territory_of_Delhi.svg
| blank_emblem_type = Seal of NCT Delhi
| settlement_type = [[Union territory]] / [[Megacity]]
| image_skyline = Delhi Montage.jpg
| image_caption = From top clockwise: [[Lotus Temple]], [[Humayun's Tomb]], [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]], [[Akshardham (Delhi)|Akshardham temple]] and [[India Gate]]
| image_size = 280
| image_map = IN-DL.svg
| map_caption = Location of Delhi in India
| mapsize =
| coordinates = {{coord|28|36|36|N|77|13|48|E|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 6th century B.C.
| established_title2 = Capital formation
| established_date2 = 1911
| established_title3 = Formation of Union Territory
| established_date3 = 1956
| established_title4 = Formation of NCT
| established_date4 = 1 February 1992
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[New Delhi]]
| parts_type = Districts
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[List of districts of Delhi|11]]
| governing_body = [[Government of Delhi]]
| leader_title = [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|Lt. Governor]]
| leader_name = [[Anil Baijal]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Anil Baijal takes over as new Lt Governor of Delhi|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/anil-baijal-takes-over-as-new-lt-governor-of-delhi/articleshow/56268275.cms|accessdate=31 December 2016|work=[[Times of India]]|location=Delhi|date=31 December 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103035905/http://m.timesofindia.com/india/anil-baijal-takes-over-as-new-lt-governor-of-delhi/articleshow/56268275.cms|archivedate=3 January 2017}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = {{nowrap|[[List of Chief Ministers of Delhi|Chief Minister]]}}
| leader_name1 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]] ([[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]])
| leader_title2 = [[Deputy Chief Minister]]
| leader_name2 = [[Manish Sisodia]] ([[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]])
| leader_title3 = [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
| leader_name3 = Vijay Kumar Dev, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/senior-ias-officer-vijay-kumar-dev-to-be-next-delhi-chief-secretary/1391302/lite/|title=Senior IAS officer Vijay Kumar Dev to be next Delhi Chief Secretary|date=23 November 2018|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420103356/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/senior-ias-officer-vijay-kumar-dev-to-be-next-delhi-chief-secretary/1391302/lite/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| leader_title4 = [[Commissioner of Police, Delhi|Commissioner of Police]]
| leader_name4 = Amulya Patnaik, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/amulya-kumar-patnaik-officially-takes-charge-as-delhi-police-commissioner-1654695 |title=Amulya Kumar Patnaik Officially Takes Charge As Delhi Police Commissioner |accessdate=31 January 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131171915/http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/amulya-kumar-patnaik-officially-takes-charge-as-delhi-police-commissioner-1654695 |archivedate=31 January 2017 }}</ref>
| total_type = [[Union territory]]
| area_magnitude = 1 E8
| area_total_km2 = 1484.0
| area_total_sq_mi = 573.0
| area_water_sq_mi = 6.9
| area_rank = [[List of states and territories of India by area|31st]]
| elevation_m = 200–250
| elevation_ft = 650–820
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 16,787,941
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = 29,298
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="delhi2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/India-Delhi.html?cityid=2925|title=Delhi (India): Union Territory, Major Agglomerations & Towns – Population Statistics in Maps and Charts|work=City Population|accessdate=28 February 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302112054/https://www.citypopulation.de/India-Delhi.html?cityid=2925|archivedate=2 March 2017}}</ref>
| population_urban = 16,349,831 ([[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|2nd]])
| population_blank1_footnotes =
| population_blank1_title = [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi|Megacity]]
| population_blank1 = 11,034,555 ([[List of cities in India by population|2nd]])
| population_blank2_footnotes =
| population_blank2_title = [[Metropolitan area|Metro]] (2016)
| population_blank2 = 26,454,000 ([[List of metropolitan areas in India|1st]])
| population_demonym = Delhiite
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = {{hlist|[[Hindi]]|[[English language|English]]<ref name="OLA 2000">{{cite web|url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/d09fd2004bd07ad9a305ab56803943f0/Delhi+Official+Languages+Act+2000.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&lmod=-344844204|title=Official Language Act 2000|date=2 July 2003|publisher=Government of Delhi|accessdate=17 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084459/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/d09fd2004bd07ad9a305ab56803943f0/Delhi+Official+Languages+Act+2000.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&lmod=-344844204|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> }}
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = {{hlist| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]|[[Urdu language|Urdu]]<ref name="OLA 2000" /> }}
| demographics_type2 = GDP {{nobold|(2018–19)}}
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="Delhi_Budget">{{cite web|url=http://delhiplanning.nic.in/sites/default/files/Budget%202019-20_English%20for%20CM.pdf|title=Gross State Domestic Product of Delhi|publisher=Planning Department, [[Government of Delhi]]|page=16|accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = [[List of Indian states and union territories by GDP|Total]]
| demographics2_info1 = {{INRConvert|7.80|lc}}
| demographics2_title2 = [[List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita|Per Capita]]
| demographics2_info2 = {{INRConvert|365529}}
| demographics2_title3 = [[Gross metropolitan product|Metro GDP]]/[[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]
| demographics2_info3 = $167–370 billion
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] {{nobold|(2017)}}
| blank_info_sec2 = {{nowrap|{{increase}} 0.744<ref name="snhdi-gdl">{{cite web |title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database |url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |website=Global Data Lab |publisher=Institute for Management Research, Radboud University |accessdate=25 September 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |archive-date=23 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ({{color|green|High}})}} · [[List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index|5th]]
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] {{nobold|(2011)}}
| blank1_info_sec2 = 86.21%<ref name="pc-census2011">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 (Final Data) – Demographic details, Literate Population (Total, Rural & Urban) |url=http://planningcommission.gov.in/data/datatable/data_2312/DatabookDec2014%20307.pdf |website=planningcommission.gov.in |publisher=Planning Commission, Government of India |accessdate=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127163347/http://planningcommission.gov.in/data/datatable/data_2312/DatabookDec2014%20307.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] {{nobold|(2011)}}
| blank2_info_sec2 = 868 [[females|♀]]/1000 [[males|♂]]<ref name="pc-census2011" />
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5.30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PINs]]<ref name=pin>{{cite web | url = https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/pages/FindPinCode.aspx | title = Find Pin Code | publisher = [[India Post|Department of Posts]] | accessdate = 5 June 2019}}</ref>
| postal_code = 110000{{ndash}}110099
| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in India|+91 11]]
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-DL]]
| registration_plate = DL
| website = {{url|http://delhi.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Delhi''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|d|ɛ|l|i}}; {{IPA-hi|ˈdɪlːi|lang}} ''Dillī''; {{IPA-pa|ˈdɪlːi|lang}} ''Dillī''; {{IPA-ur|ˈdeɦli|lang}} ''Dēhlī''), officially the '''National Capital Territory of Delhi''' ('''NCT'''), is a territory in [[India]]. It includes the country's capital [[New Delhi]]. It covers an area of {{convert|573|mi2}}. It is bigger than the [[Faroe Islands]] but smaller than [[Guadeloupe]]. Delhi is a part of the National Capital Region, which has 12.5 million residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_delhi.html|title=Census of India : Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011 : NCT of Delhi|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref> The governance of Delhi is like that of a state in India. It has its own [[legislature]], [[high court]] and a council of [[executive]] ministers.

Delhi is on the banks of the [[Yamuna River]]. Historians have evidence that people have been living in this region since at least the [[6th century BC]]. People also believe that the legendary city of Indraprastha was here. This city has many remains and monuments of historic importance.

The India Gate is a war memorial in Delhi. Following the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1972, a structure consisting of a black marble plinth with a reversed rifle, capped by a war helmet and bounded by four eternal flames, was built beneath the archway. This structure, called Amar Jawan Jyoti (Flame of the Immortal Soldier), has since 1971 served as India's tomb of the unknown soldier

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