District Profile · Delhi
North Delhi
- Headquarters
- Alipur (pre-2026; HQ for the post-split boundary not yet confirmed in public sources)
- Population
- 8,87,978 (2011, pre-split boundary)
- Area
- 61 km² (pre-split boundary)
Considerably reduced by the January 2026 reorganisation: its Model Town area was carved into the new Central North district, while Narela and Alipur went to the new Outer North district. Exactly which subdivisions the remaining "North Delhi" retains is not yet clearly documented in public sources — most contemporary coverage of the reorganisation focused on describing what left the district rather than what stayed — so this should be treated as an open question pending an official notification breakdown. Its pre-split 2011 figures (887,978 people; 61 km²; density 14,973/km²; literacy roughly 86.8%; sex ratioThe number of females per 1,000 males in a population — a key demographic indicator in Indian census data. 871) describe the old, larger boundary and should not be read as the current district's numbers. Historically home to Delhi University's North Campus, Kamla Nagar market, Civil Lines (the British administrative hub before 1931), Coronation Park (site of the 1911 Delhi Durbar), and Metcalfe House.