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{{Infobox settlement
| name = North West Delhi
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Delhi| District of Delhi]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Delhi
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.6964|N|77.1271|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Delhi]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| seat_type = [[Headquarters]]
| seat = [[Kanjhawala]]
| government_type =
| governing_body = [[Municipal Corporation Of Delhi]]
| leader_title = [[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name = [[Hans Raj Hans]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 442.84
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 213
| population_total = 3,656,539
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[North West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|North-West Delhi]]
| website = [http://dcnorthwest.delhigovt.nic.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_northwest/North+West+District/Home/ Official website]
| footnotes =
| pushpin_label = North West Delhi
| demographics1_info1 = [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Civic agency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[North Delhi Municipal Corporation|NDMC]]
| official_name =
}}
[[Image:delhi map.PNG|250px|thumb|Map showing the nine districts of Delhi.]]

'''North West Delhi''' is an administrative district of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] in [[India]].

==Geography==
North West Delhi is bounded by the [[Yamuna River]] on the northeast, and by the districts of [[North Delhi]] to the east and southeast, [[West Delhi]] to the south, [[Jhajjar District]] f [[Haryana]] state to the west, [[Sonipat District]] of Haryana to the northwest and north, [[Bagpat District]] and [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state to the northeast across the Yamuna.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] North West Delhi has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,656,539,{{cn|date=May 2019}} roughly equal to the nation of [[Liberia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web |work=[[World Fact Book]] | publisher = US Central Intelligence Agency | title = Country Comparison: Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote =Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est. }}</ref> or the US state of [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=30 September 2011| quote =Oklahoma 3,751,351 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 78th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert| 8298 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 27.63%. North West Delhi has a [[sex ratio]] of 862 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 84.66%.{{cn|date=May 2019}}

{{historical populations
|23=1961|24=2,40,973
|25=1971|26=4,50,419
|27=1981|28=9,91,186
|29=1991|30=17,77,968
|31=2001|32=28,60,869
|33=2011|34=36,56,539
|percentages=pagr
|footnote=Source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901]</ref>
|align=middle}}

==Administration==
Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions: [[Saraswati Vihar]], [[Rohini Sub City]], and [[Kanjhawala]].<ref>{{cite web |title=North West District: Organisation Setup |url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_northwest/North+West+District/Home/Organisation+Setup |publisher=[[Government of Delhi]] website |access-date=23 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174408/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_northwest/North+West+District/Home/Organisation+Setup |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://dcnorthwest.delhigovt.nic.in/ North West Delhi District, Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131209051635/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_northwest/North+West+District/Home/Map Detailed Map of North West Delhi District]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = North West Delhi district
|North = [[Sonipat district]], [[Haryana]]
|Northeast = [[Baghpat district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[North Delhi district]]
|South = [[West Delhi district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Jhajjar district]], [[Haryana]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{National Capital Territory of Delhi}}

[[Category:North West Delhi district]]
[[Category:Districts of Delhi]]
{{Delhi-geo-stub}}

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