Tigri is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

, near

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in South district in the

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, India. In 2012 Arwind Kejriwal Launched a 'Bijli-Paani

Satyagraha Satyāgraha (from ; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is ...

' (protest against the tariff hike of electricity and water), Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption (IAC) 'restored' power supply to a laborer's house in south Delhi's Tigri.

Demographics

At the 2001 India

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, Tigri had a population of 44,895. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Tigri has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 51%. In Tigri, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

Cities and towns in South Delhi district {{Delhi-geo-stub