North East Delhi is one of the eleven administrative

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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 ...

, India. The district was established in 1997. North East Delhi borders the

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on the west, Ghaziabad District to the north and east,

East Delhi East Delhi is an administrative district of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the west, North East Delhi to the north, Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh state to the east, and Gautam Buddha Nagar District of Uttar Prades ...

to the south, and

North Delhi North Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Alipur is the administrative headquarters of this district. North Delhi is bounded by the Yamuna River and the district of Central Delhi on the eas ...

to the west across the Yamuna.

Karawal Nagar Karawal Nagar is a census town in North East Delhi, India. India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in conn ...

, Seelampur and

Yamuna Vihar Yamuna Vihar is an affluent neighbourhood in North East Delhi. It is one of the posh colony of Delhi. It houses the zonal headquarters (north east) of the Directorate of Education, Delhi. Yamuna Vihar is near to Shahdara, Maujpur and Bhajanpur ...

are 3 sub-divisions of this district. Dehli districts

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, North East Delhi had a

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of 2,241,624, roughly equal to the nation of

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. This gives it a ranking of 202nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.78%. North East Delhi has a

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of 886 females for every 1000 males, and a

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of 83.09%.

Assembly Constituencies

* Mustafabad * Seelampur * Gokalpur * Burari * Timarpur

Towns and villages

North East Delhi incorporates the following towns: *

* Ghonda * Brahmpuri * Zafrabad * Moujpur * Babarpur *

Dayal Pur Dayal Pur is a census town in North East Delhi North East Delhi is one of the eleven administrative district of Delhi, India. The district was established in 1997. North East Delhi borders the Yamuna River on the west, Ghaziabad District t ...

* Gokal Pur * Sonia Vihar * Mandoli * Saboli * Nand Nagri * Sunder Nagri * Seemapuri * Gautampuri *

Dilshad Garden Dilshad Garden is a large housing colony located in East Delhi, which was primarily developed by Delhi Development Authority. The area located close to Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Border. Dilshad Garden falls under the both Shahdara and Seemapuri c ...

* Jiwan Pur (Johri Pur) *

Khajoori Khas Khajoori Khas is a census town in North East district in the Indian state of Delhi. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given populati ...

* Tukmeerpur * Mustafabad * Sadat Pur Gujran * Brij Puri * New Usmanpur * Bhajanpura * Ashok Nagar * Harsh Vihar * Shiv Vihar Villages in North East Delhi are divided into three administrative villages: Shahdara with no sub-villages, Seema Purl with one sub village, Mandoli, and Seelam Pur with twelve sub-villages: * Badar Pur Khadar * Pur Delhi * Pur Shahdara * Sabhapur Delhi * Sabhapur Shahdara * Baqiabad * Sadat Pur * Bihari Pur * SHERPUR * Garhi Mendu * Tukhmir Pur * Khan Pur Dhani

References

External links

North East Delhi official websiteEast Delhi Information Portal
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Demographics

Assembly Constituencies

Towns and villages

See also

References

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