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Delhi Cantonment

Cantonment and Municipal Corporation in National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Summary

Cantonment and Municipal Corporation in National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Field	Value
name	Delhi Cantonment
native_name	दिल्ली छावनी
native_name_lang	iso 15919
other_name	Delhi Cantt
settlement_type	District Subdivision
image_seal	Logo of the Delhi Cantonment Board.png
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Delhi, North India
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	Union territory
subdivision_name1	Flag of Delhi Capital Territory.svg Delhi
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	New Delhi
established_title
established_date	1914
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	42.3
population_total	1,10,351
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Hindi, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	110010
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	91-011
website	Official website
motto	हमारा प्रयास बेहतर जनजीवन
Our effort for a better life
subdivision_type3	Lok Sabha constituency
subdivision_name3	New Delhi
subdivision_type4	Legislative Assembly
subdivision_name4	Delhi Cantonment

| mapframe-zoom = 11 Our effort for a better life

Delhi Cantonment (ISO: Dillī Chāvanī; popularly referred to as Delhi Cantt) is a Class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is 10452 acre and its population, as per the 2011 census, is 110,351.

The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006 while various policy letters and instructions from the 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, Chandigarh.

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.

History

Cantonments in Delhi and Ahmedabad were originally established by the British. The Delhi one was constructed by acquiring parts of the land of the Naraina Village. The Delhi Cantonment houses the Indian Army Headquarters, Delhi Area; the Army Golf Course; the Defence Services Officers Institute; military housing; Air Force and Army Public Schools; and various other defence-related installations. The cantonment also houses the Army Hospital, a tertiary care medical centre of the Indian Armed Forces.

There is a railway station within the cantonment, Delhi Cantonment railway station, from where trains depart for various parts of the country.

Demographics

|1941 | 23140 |1951 | 40950 |1961 | 36105 |1971 | 57339 |1981 | 85166 |1991 | 94393 |2001 | 124917 |2011 | 110351 At the 2001 India census 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.

At the 2011 India census 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.

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is located in Delhi Cantonment.

Transport

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 Cantt on the Pink Line, Sadar Bazaar Cantt and Shankar Vihar on the Magenta Line and Dhaula Kuan on the Airport Express. Delhi Cantonment has a railway station. Almost all the trains plying from Delhi towards Rajasthan or Gujarat have either a stop here or originates from this station itself.

It is easily accessible by road and local bus to the residents of nearby residential neighbourhoods such as Aerocity, Dhaula Kuan, DU South Campus, Chanakyapuri, Moti Bagh, Vasant Vihar, Vasant Kunj, Palam, Dabri, Dwarka, Tilak Nagar, Hari Nagar, Mayapuri, Sagarpur, Naraina, Inderpuri and Janakpuri.

References

"About Us – DELHI CANTONMENT BOARD".
"The Cantonments Act, 2006".
"Delhi Cantonment Board, Ministry of Defence".
(2019). "The Family in India: A Regional View". Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
"Census Tables".
(2001-11-24). "Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex".
"Delhi Cantonment City Census 2011 data". census2011.co.in.
(10 December 2021). "Last rites of Rawat, wife Madhulika to be held at Delhi Cantonment crematorium today". Deccan Chronicle.

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