Coordinates: 28°36′34″N 77°08′23″E / 28.60955°N 77.13967°E / 28.60955; 77.13967

South East Delhi district

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South East Delhi
District of Delhi
South East Delhi is located in Delhi
South East Delhi
South East Delhi
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°36′34″N 77°08′23″E / 28.60955°N 77.13967°E / 28.60955; 77.13967
Country India
Union TerritoryDelhi
DivisionDelhi division
Created2012
HeadquartersDefence Colony
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total102 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,500,636
 • Density15,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationDL
Lok Sabha constituenciesSouth Delhi, New Delhi and East Delhi[2]
Civic agencySouth Delhi Municipal Corporation
WebsiteOfficial website
Districts of Delhi

South East Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.

This district was carved out in 2012 along with Shahdara, taking the total number to 11 administrative districts in Delhi.[3]

Geography[]

The South East Delhi district is bordered in west by South Delhi district, in south by the Faridabad district of Haryana, in east by River Yamuna, and by New Delhi district and East Delhi districts in north-west and north-east respectively.

The district stretches from Jor Bagh, Lodhi Road, Khan Market, Sunder Nagar, Nizamuddin, Sarai Kale Khan, through Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, New Friends Colony, Nehru Place, Kalkaji, Chittaranjan Park, Govindpuri, Greater Kailash, Alaknanda to Jamia Nagar, Okhla, Sarita Vihar, Jaitpur and Badarpur.

Administration[]

Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Defence Colony, Kalkaji and Sarita Vihar.[1] Defence Colony is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Demographics[]

Since the district was created after the latest Census of India was completed in 2011, independent statistics for South East Delhi is not available yet.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tehsil | District Magistrate South East | India". Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Constituencies | District Magistrate South East | India". Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Delhi gets two more revenue districts: Southeast,Shahdara". The Indian Express. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2021.


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