Kapashera is the administrative headquarters and one of the three sub-division of the

South West district South West Delhi is one of the eleven administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Kapashera serves as the administrative headquarters of South West Delhi. South West Delhi is bounded by the districts of West De ...

of Delhi NCT, India. The office of Deputy Commissioner is located at Old Tax Terminal building

History

Kapashera Village has its own vast history from medieval times. Kapashera was previously known as NakiPur Kheda. Rao Harnath Singh Yadav was the first citizen of this Village, he purchased 840 acre of the village land from person named Kapas in 1680s, every villager with Tondak gotra is his descendent. Kapashera was a agrarian village with a fertile land, socialised and hardworking citizens.

Transport

By Road National Highway 8 (NH 8) is the nearest Highway and just 1 km away. By Metro Dwarka Metro Sec 21 is just 6 km away. By Air Indira Gandhi Airport is just 7 km away. By Train New Delhi Railway Station is the nearest Railway and it is 20 km away. By Bus Buses plying through Kapashera are Route No. ''543, 539, 578, 543A'', ''718, 712, 804A, 729'' ''Demand for Metro'' A demand of Metro railway line has been raised from last 15 years but it has not been fulfilled by current or previous state governments.

Politics

MLA of Kapashera is Bhupendra Singh Joon from

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

. MCD Councillor is

Aarti Yadav ''Arti'' (Sanskrit: Ārātrika, Hindi: Ārtī) is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, often part of '' puja'', in which light (usually from a flame) is offered to one or more deities. ''Arti(s)'' also refers to the songs sung in praise of the d ...

, AAP.

Demographics

India census, Kapashera had a population of 74,073 of which 50,123 (68%) are males while 23,950 (32%) are females. Kapashera has an average literacy rate of 90.34%, higher than state average of 86.21%. Male literacy is around 92.35% while female literacy rate is 82.13%. In Kapashera, 13.72% of the population is under six years of age. As of 2020, the village is believed to have a population of more than 5,00,00 due to frequent migration & industries being near Kapashera. Fun N Food Village is one of the main attractions of Kapashera village. Kapashera shares border with

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

, Haryana.

Growth in Recent Decade

Kapashera has grown at an unprecedented rate because of rapid industrialization around the area such as Udhyog Vihar Industrial Area and Maruti Factory in Gurgaon. The Area is also under DDA Redevelopment Zone and it is expected that it will grow even faster in this decade. Due to Industrialisation , Migrants now have a sizable population and most of the natives are in the Rent Business. In 2001, Population was 20,000 and in 2011,population was 75,000 , a 400% increase. Now the city has population of 5,00,000.

Groundwater and Land Subsidence

A study published in Nature scientific report reports that land is sinking down in Delhi due to groundwater overpumping.

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in South West Delhi district District subdivisions of Delhi