Delhi

The summary below is generated from village-level records in the database (Census-derived fields). Click a district to view sub-districts (tehsils) and village lists.

Population summary

Delhi has an aggregated population of 101,146,688 people according to the village-level records in this database. There are approximately 20,695,568 households, giving an average household size of 4.89 persons. The sex ratio stands at about 868 females per 1000 males. 49.79% of the population (about 50,363,823) resides in rural areas while 48.55% (about 49,106,697) is urban.

CategoryCount
Total population101,146,688
Male54,150,277
Female46,996,411
Sex ratio (F per 1000 M)868
Rural population50,363,823 (49.79%)
Urban population49,106,697 (48.55%)
Total households20,695,568

Literacy

About 76,723,202 people out of 101,146,688 are recorded as literate in our aggregated village data, giving an approximate literacy rate of 75.85%.

CategoryNumber
Total literates76,723,202
Total illiterates24,423,486
Approximate literacy rate75.85%

Scheduled Castes & Tribes

The Scheduled Caste population recorded is 16,956,037 (16.76% of the state's aggregated population). Scheduled Tribe population is 0 (0%). These groups are important demographic markers for planning and social programs.

CategoryPopulationShare
Scheduled Caste (SC)16,956,03716.76%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)00%

Children & Workforce

Children aged 0–6 number 12,131,440, about 11.99% of the aggregated population. Total workers recorded across villages number 33,652,521, roughly 33.27% of the population (this is a simple workers-to-population share based on available columns).

CategoryNumberShare
Children (0-6)12,131,44011.99%
Total workers33,652,52133.27%

Largest & Smallest Districts (by population)

District 0 is the largest district by population with approximately 33,575,882 people, while New Delhi is the smallest with about 568,016 people.

DistrictPopulationHouseholds
District 0 33,575,882 6,871,998
New Delhi 568,016 132,832

Largest villages by population

Below are the largest villages recorded in this state by population. These settlements are major population centers at the village level and often serve as local market/township hubs.

VillagePopulation
NCT OF DELHI 16,787,941
NCT OF DELHI 16,368,899
North West 3,656,539
North West 3,442,589
South 2,731,929
South 2,719,736
West 2,543,243
West 2,536,823
South West 2,292,958
Saraswati Vihar 2,250,816