District Profile · Delhi
South West Delhi
- Headquarters
- Kapashera (created Jan 1997, originally headquartered at Palam)
- 22,92,958 (2011)
- Population
- Area
- 420 km² — Delhi's largest district
Delhi's largest district by area (420 km²) and fourth most populous (2,292,958 at the 2011 Census), but its lowest-density district (5,445/km²) and lowest sex ratioThe number of females per 1,000 males in a population — a key demographic indicator in Indian census data. (836) — reflecting a still-rural Najafgarh belt alongside dense urban growth elsewhere. Literacy runs 88.28-88.81%, among the city's highest. Home to Indira Gandhi International Airport, the Dwarka Sub-City (one of Asia's largest planned residential townships), the semi-rural Najafgarh area drained by the Najafgarh Jheel, the Vasant Vihar diplomatic enclave, and Delhi Cantonment. Served by the Blue Line, the Airport Express Line, and the Magenta Line, with Dwarka Sector 21 as a key interchange. Unaffected by the January 2026 reorganisation.