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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Central Delhi
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Delhi|District of Delhi]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = A busy section in [[Chandni Chowk]], a major shopping hub
| pushpin_map = India New Delhi
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Delhi, India
| coordinates = {{coord|28|38|42|N|77|14|42|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Union territories of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Delhi]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Delhi division]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| seat_type = [[Headquarters]]
| seat = [[Daryaganj]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 582,320
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] MP
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Dr. Harsh Vardhan]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Deputy Commissioner
| blank2_info_sec1 = Arun Kumar Mishra
| website = [http://dcnorthwest.delhigovt.nic.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_dccentral/dccentral/Home/ Official website]
| footnotes =
}}


'''Central Delhi''' is an administrative district of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] in [[India]]. It is bounded by the [[Yamuna River]] on the east and by the districts of [[North Delhi]] to the north, [[West Delhi]] and [[South West Delhi]] to the west, [[New Delhi]] to the south, and [[East Delhi]] to the east across the Yamuna. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, [[Civil Lines, Delhi|Civil Lines]], [[Karol Bagh]], and Kotwali,Delhi.

Central Delhi has a population of 582,320 (2011 census), and an area of {{convert|25|km2}}, with a population density of 25,759 persons per km². Central Delhi business district and high rises. It includes [[Shahjahanabad]] (Old Delhi), which served as the capital of the [[Mughal Empire]], and is home to the monuments like the [[Delhi Fort]] and the [[Jama Masjid, Delhi|Jama Masjid]], Delhi's principal mosque.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Central Delhi has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 582,320,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Solomon Islands]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web |work=[[World Fact Book]] | publisher = US Central Intelligence Agency | title = Country Comparison: Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Wyoming 563,626
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 531st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|23149|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was −10.48%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Central Delhi has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 892 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 85.25%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{historical populations
|23=1961|24=6,72,063
|25=1971|26=6,91,738
|27=1981|28=6,91,223
|29=1991|30=6,56,533
|31=2001|32=6,46,385
|33=2011|34=5,82,320
|percentages=pagr
|footnote=Source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>
|align=middle
}}

The largest religion is Hinduism (62.53%), followed by Islam (33.36%) and Sikhism (2.24%). <ref name=districtcensus/>

== Tourism at Central Delhi ==
[[File:People in Jama Masjid dome building.jpg|alt=|thumb|People in a dome building of Jama Masjid during daytime]]

==See also==
* [[Districts of Delhi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Delhi/Central Delhi}}
* [http://dccentral.delhigovt.nic.in/ Central Delhi District official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120127154209/http://www.indiamapia.com/Central_Delhi.html Central Delhi District Census 2011 Data]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Central Delhi district
|North = [[North Delhi district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[East Delhi district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[New Delhi district]]
|Southwest = [[South West Delhi district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[West Delhi district]]
}}
{{National Capital Territory of Delhi}}

[[Category:Central Delhi district]]
[[Category:Districts of Delhi]]
{{Delhi-geo-stub}}

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