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India Population

Delhi Population

Delhi is the capital of India and largest metropolitan city, As per the estimates of UN World Population
Prospects, Delhi population in 2022 is 30.7 million (3.07 crores) with in the National Capital Region(NCR)
and is located in the Northern part. As per the NCT, National Capital Territory and delineates geographical
boundaries of Delhi, By the mid of year 2020 the population is projected to be 18,710,922 as per Unique
Identification Aadhar India, updated 31, May 2020. Its bordered by Uttar Pradesh in the east and other three
sides by Haryana. which covers an area of 1484 sq km(573 sq mi). As per Niti Aayog 2016 report, Total
Fertility Rate is 1.6.
NCT covers with National Capital Region(NCR or Central NCR) with the urban towns
of two bordering states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, these are NCR expanded cities of Faridabad, Noida,
Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. The NCR has an estimated population of 28 million by 2019. Delhi is second
populated city in India after Mumbai and according to UNDP, Delhi Urban Agglomerate is the second most
populous city in the world after Tokyo. The Covid vaccine list provides SARS-COV-2 disease vaccines from
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Image Source: Delhi population at India Gate, Located in the heart of Delhi city

Delhi City(2011) Delhi Union Territory (UT)(2011) Delhi UA(2020)

Population 11 million 16.7 million 30.2 million

Area 700 sq km 1484 sq km 55,083 sq km (NCR)

Rank 2 (India) 1 (UT) 2 (World)

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By 1901 census the population of Delhi is registered 405,819 people, starting by 1921 population growth
was increasing from 18% to 90% in 1951, from 1941 to 1951 period the population doubled from 900
thousand to 1.7 million, This may be due to India's Independence and state-central staff migration since the
new administrations are taking place in the capital city, also was the first census after British left India. It is
recorded in 1951 census that the literacy rate is just 18% and life expectancy is only 32 years average. From
1951 Delhi population increased rapidly by an average of around 50% till 2001 with 13.85 millions. The last
census in 2011 recorded NCT of Delhi has a population of 16.78 millions. Population in 2020 is expected to
be around 19.5 Million (1.95 Crores).

Delhi Population Growth

25,000,000

20,000,000

15,000,000

10,000,000

5,000,000

0
1911 1931 1951 1971 1991 2011
1921 1941 1961 1981 2001 2021*

Population

As per the 2001 census, the net migrants to Delhi UA are 77,663 from within state.
1,988,314 from other
states of India, 46,386 from other countries. Total Migrants are 2,112,363 from the last 10 years from 1991 to
2001.
Census year Persons Absolute Percentage Males Females
1901 405,819 - - 217,921 187,898
1911 413,851 8,032 1.98 230,865 182,986
1921 488,452 74,601 18.03 281,777 206,675
1931 636,246 147,794 30.26 369,497 266,749
1941 917,939 281,693 44.27 535,236 382,703
1951 1,744,072 826,133 90 986,538 757,534
1961 2,658,612 914,540 52.44 1,489,378 1,169,234
1971 4,065,698 1,407,086 52.93 2,257,515 1,808,183
1981 6,220,406 2,154,708 53 3,440,081 2,780,325
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Census year Persons Absolute Percentage Males Females

1991 9,420,644 3,200,238 51.45 5,155,512 4,265,132
2001 13,850,507 4,429,863 47.02 7,607,234 6,243,273
2011 16,787,941 2,937,434 21.21 8,987,326 7,800,615
2021* 20,250,406 3,462,465
Source: A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901

Population Pyramid
Delhi population in 2021 is 30.5 million (3.05 crores), population pyramid is a graphical representation of
the age and sex of a population, pyramid with the wide base suggests growing population, with a narrow
base indicates declining birth rates.

Population Pyramid of Delhi Census 2011

80+
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4
-1000000 0 1000000

Male Female

Source: 2011 Census: Population In Five Year Age-Group

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Delhi Population by Religion

As per 2011 census Delhi Population Religion wise, Hinduism is the major religion with 81.68% more than
13 Million, followed by Muslim population with 12.86 around 2 Million and Sikhs with 3.4% in Delhi all
other represents below 1% are Christianity with 0.87%, Jainism with 0.99 and Buddhism with 0.11%.

Religions in Delhi

Hindu 2011
Population
Muslim
Christian
Religions

Sikh
Buddhist
Jain
Others-Not Stated
0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000
Population by Religion

Religion Persons Percentage Males Females

Hindu 13,712,100 81.68 7,353,594 6,358,506
Muslim 2,158,684 12.86 1,163,934 994,750
Christian 146,093 0.87 71,438 74,655
Sikh 570,581 3.40 294,403 276,178
Buddhist 18,449 0.11 9,606 8,843
Jain 166,231 0.99 85,605 80,626
Others 2,197 0.01 1,148 1,049
Not Stated 13,606 0.08 7,598 6,008
Source: Details of Religion In Main Table C-1- 2011 (India & States/UTs)

Languages spoken in Delhi

The delhi population by language, Hindi is the major language in Delhi with 85% of population speaks Hindi
Language and constituted to more than 14 million, followed by Punjabi with 5.2% of 873 thousand speakers
and Urdu with 5.1% of 867 thousand Speakers. The rest 5% population belongs to all Indian languages.
Many of the state population migrated to Delhi either by central and state government services or by business
related. Bengali and Maithili with 215 thousand and 122 thousand population. After Hindi, English is
considered as common language and widely spoken in Delhi.

Languages in Delhi

Hindi 2011
Population
Punjabi
Languages

Urdu
Bengali
Maithili
Malayalam
Tamil
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0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000

Population by Languages

Languages Persons Percentage Rural Urban

Hindi 14,255,526 84.9153 401,801 13,853,725
Punjabi 873,477 5.2030 4,826 868,651
Urdu 867,673 5.1684 2,921 864,752
Bengali 215,960 1.2864 3,859 212,101
Maithili 122,956 0.7324 3,442 119,514
Malayalam 88,662 0.5281 147 88,515
Tamil 82,719 0.4927 106 82,613
Gujarati 40,613 0.2419 84 40,529
Odia 37,645 0.2242 331 37,314
Nepali 37,468 0.2232 580 36,888
Sindhi 31,177 0.1857 26 31,151
Marathi 27,239 0.1623 385 26,854
Telugu 25,934 0.1545 109 25,825
Kashmiri 18,122 0.1079 83 18,039
Kannada 10,012 0.0596 17 9,995
Assamese 8,573 0.0511 58 8,515
Dogri 6,350 0.0378 46 6,304
Lahnda 4,070 0.0242 7 4,063
Manipuri 3,892 0.0232 12 3,880
Kurukh/Oraon 2,753 0.0164 14 2,739
Source: 2011 Census: Language and Mother Tongue

Disability
The disable population of delhi as per table below:

Type of disability Total Persons Cultivators Agriculture labor HHI Other workers
Total disabled population 65,573 650 589 2,529 61,805
In Seeing 9,228 109 88 339 8,692
In Hearing 11,695 127 91 379 11,098
In Speech 4,788 29 31 167 4,561
In Movement 21,618 182 170 898 20,368
Mental Retardation 1,731 16 16 67 1,632
Mental Illness 1,205 14 18 55 1,118
Any Other 12,453 140 131 462 11,720
Multiple disability 2,855 33 44 162 2,616
Source: 2011 Census: Distribution of Disabled(India & States/UTs)

Population projection
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What is the population of delhi by 2020 and 2030?

Delhi is projected to add nearly 10 million people between 2020 - 2030, by 2030 it is expected to be 38
million considering the satellite towns of NCR. North-West Delhi has the highest population with around 4
million(2019 est) with the 3 populated subdivisions of Saraswati Vihar, Narela and Model Town. The growth
percentage is around 21.78.
Since from 1951, Delhi has been experiencing rapid growth of population with
the decennial growth rate of 52.44%, 52.91%, 52.98%, 51.45% and 47.03% during the decades of 1951-61,
1961-71, 1971-81 and 1991-01 respectively. One of the key reasons for this phenomenal growth of delhi
population is migration into the city from the Indian states.

According NCR Regional Plan, The National Capital Region consists of fourteen districts of Haryana, seven
districts of UP and two districts of Rajasthan apart from NCT-Delhi.

The Constituent Areas of the National Capital Region are classified as under:

a) National Capital Territory of Delhi (1,484 sq.kms.). This accounts for 3% of the total area of NCR.

b) Haryana State Sub-regions comprising areas of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Sonepat, Rewari, Jhajjar,
Palwal, Nuh (Mewat), Panipat, Mahendragarh, Bhiwani (including Charkhi Dadri), Jind and Karnal districts.
This accounts for 57.28% (25,327 sq.kms.) of the area of the State and 46% of the area of NCR.

c) Rajasthan State Sub-regions comprising areas of Alwar and Bharatpur districts. The area is 4% (13,447
sq.kms.) of the total area of the State and 24% of the area of NCR.

d) Uttar Pradesh State Sub-regions comprising of seven districts namely, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam
Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. This accounts for 6% (14,826 sq.kms.) of
the area of the State and 27% of the area of NCR.

The total area of NCR and UA is 55,083 sq.kms.

Population of Delhi 1950-1935

50,000,000 Pop…

40 000 000
Source: population.un.org/wpp/, 1950 to 1935 Delhi city Population(UA)

Income Distribution

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Delhi is the fastest growing city in the world with population growth rate of around 20%. GDP is $110
billion and the per capita income is $4,600 and ranks 1st in the country as on 2019-2020.

District wise population in Delhi

Delhi is one of the old cities in the world and is known as "Indraprastha" was capital of the Pandavas as per
the Indian epic Mahabharata, around 3500 BC to 7000 BC. The Iron pillar near the Qutub Minar was
commissioned by the emperor Kumara Gupta I of the Gupta dynasty in 320-540 AD. Territory came under
the Vardhana Dynasty between 6th and 7th century. In the 12th the city is ruled by Prithviraj III, was
defeated by Muhammad Ghori, and the city passed into Muslim hands of Qutb-al-din Aybak, was a former
slave who rose through the ranks to become a general, a governor and then Sultan of Delhi. Quá¹­b-al-Din
Aybak, builder of the tower Qutb Minar which is completed in the early 13th century. Qutub also build a
Complex with Quwwat-al-Islam which is the earliest mosque in India which is still can be seen. Twenty-
seven Jain temples destroyed and used to build Qutb Complex. The Khalji dynasty came to power in the last
decade of 13th century, Ala-al-Din Khalji reigned during 1296-1316. Tughlug dynasty came into power in
1321, after Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq rule between 1320–25, renamed Delhi as Tughlakabad, his successor
Muḥammad ibn Tughluq abandoned the city and suddenly moved capital to Deogiri renamed as
Daulatabad near Maharashtra. due to this shift, Tughlug name has become a english meaning "idiot". His
successor Firuz Shah Tughluq abandoned the Daulatabad, In 1354 moved back to ancient site of
Indraprastha. Then Timur dynasty and at the end of 14th century Sayyid, Lodi dynasties are followed.
Mughul dynasty started in 1526, the popular rulers are Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah jahan. In
the mid 16th century, by 1538, Sher Shah Suri, defeated Humayun and reigned from 1538-1545, During
seven year rule, he introduced Rupee, (Rupiya), from Taka and organised postal system. Suri was a Pashtun
Sur tribe, Sher in his name means lion. Hemchandra Vikramaditya, then the general and chief minister of suri
dynasty ruled for 1 month in 1556, before Akbar took the control. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in Agra and
Red Fort in Delhi by 1648, popularly called as Lal Qila. With the fall of Mughal empire in 18th century,
Marathas started ruling, and later British arrived in 1803. Todays Delhi, NCT of Delhi is divided into 11
districts, two districts Shahdara and South East are formed in 2012 and has five municipalities within the
National Capital Territory.

District wise Population in Delhi

North West 2019

Districtwise Population

North Population
North East
East
New Delhi
Central
West
South West
South
0 2 000 000 4 000 000 6 000 000
Population(2020
District Population(2011) Percentage
est.)
North
4,168,454 3,656,539 21.78
West
North 1,012,295 887,978 5.29
North
2,555,451 2,241,624 13.35
East
East 1,948,654 1,709,346 10.18
New
161,885 142,004 0.85
Delhi
Central 663,845 582,320 3.47
West 2,899,297 2,543,243 15.15
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Population(2020
District Population(2011) Percentage
est.)
South
2,613,972 2,292,958 13.66
West
South 3,114,399 2,731,929 16.27
Source: 2011 Census: Population Data on District/Sub-Dist Level

Jammu and Kashmir Population Uttar Pradesh Population

Jammu and Kashmir Population Uttar Pradesh Population

Rajasthan Population Bihar Population

Rajasthan Population Bihar Population

Haryana Population
Punjab Population
Haryana Population
Punjab Population

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References

1. http://censusindia.gov.in/

2. https://uidai.gov.in/images/state-wise-aadhaar-saturation.pdf

3. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/sp.dyn.cdrt.in
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