There are eleven administrative or revenue

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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 ...

. Each of these district is headed by a

District Magistrate A District Collector-cum-District Magistrate (also known as Deputy Commissioner in some states) is an All India Service officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre who is responsible for ''land revenue collection'', ''canal reven ...

(DM) also called Deputy Commissioner (DC), who reports to the Divisional Commissioner of Delhi. These 11 districts are divided into 33 sub-divisions of Delhi, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM). Dehli districts

The district administration of Delhi is the enforcement department for all kinds of the

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's policies and exercises supervisory powers over numerous other functionaries of the government.

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serves as the capital of India and is the seat of all three branches of the government, Executive (

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), Legislature (

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) and Judiciary (

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). Similarly, Delhi is divided into 15 Police Districts, each headed by an

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of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).

History

The present system of administration in Delhi can be traced back to the

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(1858–1947). During the

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of 1911, the capital of India was shifted from

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in the erstwhile

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. Later the status of Delhi was elevated to a Union Territory in November 1956. After the 69th Constitutional (Amendment) Act of 1991 came into force, Delhi was formally renamed as the

National Capital Territory 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 ...

or NCT of Delhi. During the 1970s, Delhi had only four administrative districts ie North, South, Central and New Delhi. Between January 1997 and September 2012, there were nine administrative districts and 27 sub-divisions. In September 2012, two new administrative districts, viz. South-East Delhi and Shahdara were added to the city's map. In 1978, the Delhi Police Act was promulgated, by which Delhi came under the Police Commissionerate system. Since then almost all powers with respect to maintenance of law & order with the Deputy Commissioner were vested in the

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(as per the Criminal procedure code or

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) The erstwhile

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to an estimated population of more than 11 million citiz ...

(MCD) came into existence in April 1958 and subsequently, Deputy Commissioners had no role in municipal works. Later in January 2012, MCD was trifurcated into North, South and East MCD. Each of these 3 municipal corporations was headed by an IAS officer of the rank of Municipal Commissioner. In 2022, the 3 municipal corporations were merged again into the newly founded

List of Districts of Delhi

Below is the list of 11 districts and 33 sub-divisions of Delhi (with effect from September 2012). All 11 districts of Delhi fall under

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List of Municipalities in Delhi

Three Municipalities of Delhi as of 2022

There are three

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, 1

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and 1 Cantonment Board) in Delhi. These are as follows:

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Delhi-related lists

History

List of Districts of Delhi

List of Municipalities in Delhi

See also

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