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| name = Delhi Cantonment<br />
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[[File:Delhi Cantt Station.jpg|Delhi Cantonment railway station|thumb|right|250px]]<br />
'''Delhi Cantonment''' (popularly referred to as '''Delhi Cantt''') is a Class I [[Cantonment board|Cantonment Board]] established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is {{convert|10452|acre|km2}} and the population of the Cantonment as per the [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] is 110,351.<ref name="About us">{{Cite web|title=About Us – DELHI CANTONMENT BOARD|url=https://delhi.cantt.gov.in/about-us/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=delhi.cantt.gov.in}}</ref><br />
[[File:Three Municipalities of Delhi as of 2022.png|thumb|left|Municipalities of Delhi]]<br />
The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006<ref>Document, http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124052/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf |date=31 May 2014 }}</ref> while various policy letters and instructions from the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] pertaining to the area are issued from time to time. Although the board functions as a local municipal body, it remains under the administrative control of the Directorate General Defence Estates, New Delhi and Principal Director, Defence Estates, [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]], [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/history.aspx |title=Delhi Cantonment Board, Ministry of Defence |access-date=30 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105836/http://www.cbdelhi.in/history.aspx |archive-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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It is one of three local bodies in the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]], the others being [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] and [[New Delhi Municipal Council]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Cantonment]]s in Delhi and [[Ahmedabad Cantonment|Ahmedabad]] were originally established by the British. The Delhi Cantonment houses the [[Indian Army]] Headquarters, Delhi Area; the Army Golf Course; the [[Defence Services Officers Institute]]; military housing; Army and Air Force Public Schools; and various other defence-related installations. The cantonment also houses the [[Army Hospital Research and Referral]], a tertiary care medical centre of the armed forces of India.<br />
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There is a railway station within the cantonment, [[Delhi Cantonment railway station]], from where trains depart for various parts of the country.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
At the 2001 India [[census]]<ref>{{cite web | website=censusindia.net | date=2001-11-24 | url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 | archive-date=2004-06-16 | url-status=dead | access-date=2022-12-21}}</ref> Delhi Cantt. had a population of 124,452. Males constituted 61% of the population and females 39%. Delhi Cantt. has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 83% and, female literacy is 68%. In Delhi Cantt., 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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At the 2011 India [[census]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/62-delhi-cantonment.html | title=Delhi Cantonment City Census 2011 data | publisher=census2011.co.in | access-date=7 July 2018 }}</ref> Delhi Cantt. had a population of 116,352. Males constituted ≈58% (67,703) of the population and females constituted ≈42% (48,649). Delhi Cantt. has an average literacy rate of 91.11%, higher than the national average of 79.9%: male literacy is 94.54% and, female literacy is 86.26%. In Delhi Cantt., 11.36% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
{{vanchor|Brar Square crematorium}} is located in Delhi Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Last rites of Rawat, wife Madhulika to be held at Delhi Cantonment crematorium today |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/101221/last-rites-of-rawat-wife-to-be-held-at-delhi-cantonment-crematorium-t.html |access-date=12 December 2021 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Transport==<br />
Delhi Cantonment is connected by road, railway and air. [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] is about 5 kilometres from Delhi Cantonment. Its nearest metro stations are [[Delhi Cantonment metro station|Delhi Cantonment]], [[Sadar Bazaar Cantonment metro station|Sadar Bazaar Cantonment]] and [[Shankar Vihar metro station]]. Delhi Cantonment has a [[Delhi Cantonment railway station|railway station]]. Almost all the trains plying from Delhi towards Rajasthan or Gujarat stop here.<br />
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It is easily accessible by road and local bus to the residents of nearby residential neighbourhoods such as [[Palam]], Dwarka, [[Dhaula Kuan]], [[Tilak Nagar (Delhi)|Tilak Nagar]], [[Vasant Vihar]], [[Naraina]] and [[Janakpuri]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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