Officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi, a megacity and union territory of India that contains New Delhi, the capital of India, straddling the Yamuna river and spreading chiefly west of its right bank, bordered by the state of Uttar Pradesh to the east and Haryana in the remaining directions. It became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and the National Capital Territory in 1995, covering an area of 1,484 square kilometers; the 2011 census recorded Delhi's city-proper population at over 11 million and the territory's population at about 16.8 million.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Delhi (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDemographics section, 2011 census
According to the 2011 census of India, the population of the NCT of Delhi is 16,753,235.
Geography section
Delhi covers an area of 1,483 km2 (573 sq mi), of which 783 km2 (302 sq mi) is designated rural, and 700 km2 (270 sq mi) urban therefore making it the largest city in terms of area in the country.
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28°36′36″N 77°13′48″E
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