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New Delhi

capital city of India
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Summary

New Delhi is a seat of government[1]. It draws 25,660 Wikipedia views per month (seat of government category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Delhi district[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Yamuna[5]
  • Instance of: municipality of India[6], city[7], planned national capital[8], federal capital[9]
  • Official language: Hindi[10], Punjabi[11], Urdu[12]
  • Named after: Delhi[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Moscow[14], Samarkand[15], Jersey City[16]
  • Postal code: 110001[17]
  • Commons category: New Delhi[18]
  • Licence plate code: DL-0?[19]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[20]
  • Inception: January 1, 1911[21]
  • Authority: New Delhi Municipal Council[22]
  • Official website: http://www.ndmc.gov.in/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Delhi[24]
  • Commons gallery: नई दिल्ली[25]
  • Population: 249,998[26]
  • Capital of: India[27], National Capital Territory of Delhi[28]
  • Official name: नई दिल्ली[29], New Delhi[30], ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in New Delhi[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Delhi[33]
  • Number of households: 33,208[34]
  • Female population: 113,560[35]
  • Male population: 136,438[36]
  • Demonym: New Delhiër[37], Nov-Delhiano[38], New-delhien[39], New-delhienne[40], نو دهلوی[41], Newdelhijčan[42], Newdelhijčanka[43]

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Physical Characteristics

New Delhi covers an area of 42.7 km²[44]. It sits at an elevation of 216 m[45].

Why It Matters

New Delhi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . delhi.gov.in. Retrieved . delhi.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . mapsofindia.com. Retrieved . mapsofindia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gradestack.com. Retrieved . gradestack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ndmc.gov.in. Retrieved . ndmc.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . onzetaal.nl. onzetaal.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . cnig.gouv.fr. cnig.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . cnig.gouv.fr. cnig.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [45] ↑ . dateandtime.info. Retrieved . dateandtime.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → New Delhi district
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Q140908049"
  2. 10w ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 2763541
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  3. 10w ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → Q140615137
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Significant event: Q140615137"
  4. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Delhi
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-নতুন দিল্লী.wav
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  5. 11w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+05:30
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44153|batch #44153]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  6. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → new-delhi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: new-delhi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952263|new delhi (#289952263)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  7. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0360277-Nove-Dilli-Indie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0360277-Nove-Dilli-Indie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259499|batch #259499]]"
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