Bhalswa Jahangir Pur is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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in
North West district in the state of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, it is situated next to
Bhalswa horseshoe lake.
Demographics
The provisional figures for the
2001 Census of India
The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 18 ...
recorded Bhalswa Jahangir Pur having a POPULATION of 151,427. Males constituted 55% of the population and females 45%. The average
literacy rate
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...
was 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 62% of the males and 38% of the females literate. 17% of the population was under 6 years of age.,
References
Cities and towns in North West Delhi district
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