Bot: robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

2022-12-21T12:59:46Z

robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

>Yamaguchi先生: Reverted good faith edits by Bableenk (talk): Unsourced change, original research.

2021-05-26T18:54:48Z

Reverted good faith edits by Bableenk (talk): Unsourced change, original research.

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = '''Delhi Cantonment'''
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = hi
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = District Subdivision
| image_skyline = Busy Delhi Cantt station.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Delhi Cantonment railway station]]
| pushpin_map = India New Delhi
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Delhi, North India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.596|N|77.130|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Delhi]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[New Delhi]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 1914
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=About Delhi|url=https://www.ndmc.gov.in/ndmc/act.aspx}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 43
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 116,352
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 110010
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = '''91-011'''
| registration_plate =
| website =
| footnotes = District- South West District
| official_name =
}}
[[File:Delhi Cantt Station.jpg|Delhi Cantonment railway station|thumb|right|250px]]
'''Delhi Cantonment''' (popularly referred to as '''Delhi Cantt''') was established in 1914. Until February 1938, the Cantonment Board Delhi was known as the Cantt authority. The area of the Cantonment is approximately {{convert|10,521|acre}}. At the 2011 census, the population of the Cantonment was 116,352. The Delhi Cantonment is a Class I Cantonment Board.

The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006<ref>Document, http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124052/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf |date=31 May 2014 }}</ref> while various policy letters and instructions from the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] pertaining to the area are issued from time to time. Although the board functions as a local municipal body, it remains under the administrative control of the Directorate General Defence Estates, New Delhi and Principal Director, Defence Estates, [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]], [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/history.aspx |title=Delhi Cantonment Board, Ministry of Defence |access-date=30 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105836/http://www.cbdelhi.in/history.aspx |archive-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==History==
[[Cantonment]]s in Delhi and [[Ahmedabad Cantonment|Ahmedabad]] were originally established by the British. The Delhi Cantonment houses the [[Indian Army]] Headquarters, Delhi Area; the Army Golf Course; the [[Defence Services Officers Institute]]; military housing; Army and Air Force Public Schools; and various other defence-related installations. The cantonment also houses the [[Army Research and Referral Hospital]], a tertiary care medical centre of the armed forces of India.

There is a railway station within the cantonment, [[Delhi Cantonment railway station]], from where trains depart for various parts of the country.

==Demographics==
At the 2001 India [[census]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01</ref> Delhi Cantt. had a population of 124,452. Males constituted 61% of the population and females 39%. Delhi Cantt. has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 83% and, female literacy is 68%. In Delhi Cantt., 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

At the 2011 India [[census]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/62-delhi-cantonment.html | title=Delhi Cantonment City Census 2011 data | publisher=census2011.co.in | access-date=7 July 2018 }}</ref> Delhi Cantt. had a population of 116,352. Males constituted ≈58% (67,703) of the population and females constituted ≈42% (48,649). Delhi Cantt. has an average literacy rate of 91.11%, higher than the national average of 79.9%: male literacy is 94.54% and, female literacy is 86.26%. In Delhi Cantt., 11.36% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Transport==
Delhi Cantonment is connected by road, railway and air. [[Delhi Airport]] is about 5 kilometres from Delhi Cantonment. It has its nearest metro station of [[Delhi Cantonment metro station]]. Delhi Cantonment has a [[Delhi Cantonment railway station|railway station]]. Almost all the trains plying from Delhi towards Rajasthan or Gujarat stop here.

It is easily accessible by road and local bus to the residents of nearby residential neighbourhoods such as [[Palam]], Dwarka, [[Dhaula Kuan]], [[Tilak Nagar (Delhi)|Tilak Nagar]], [[Vasant Vihar]], [[Naraina]] and [[Janakpuri]]. [[Delhi Metro]] has train stations nearby.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://cbdelhi.org/ Delhi Cantonment Board, website]

{{National Capital Territory of Delhi}}
{{Neighborhoods of Delhi}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Delhi]]
[[Category:District subdivisions of Delhi]]
[[Category:Local government in Delhi]]
[[Category:Cantonments of India]]
[[Category:Cantonments of British India]]
[[Category:South West Delhi district]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Delhi]]
[[Category:1914 establishments in India]]

Delhi Cantonment - Revision history

Bot: robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

>Yamaguchi先生: Reverted good faith edits by Bableenk (talk): Unsourced change, original research.