The constituent parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi form an urban agglomeration. In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration (UA) has been defined as follows: "An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Delhi urban agglomeration constituents

This is a list of towns and cities that are constituent parts of the

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(UA) of Delhi, a union territory of

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. All have a population greater than 100,000, as counted in the

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Non-city constituents

The urban agglomeration (UA) of Delhi has 113 constituent parts, as identified by the Directorate of Census Operations, for the

. Of these, 100 are defined as ''towns'' for census purposes, which may categorised as any of: Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, Cantonment Boards, Census Towns, or Out Growths, and 13 are ''cities''. These, all with a population of 1 lakh or more, are noted below:

Census Towns

* Aali * Alipur * Asola * Aya Nagar * Babarpur * Bakhtawarpur * Bakkar Wala * Bankauli * Bankner * Bapraula * Baqiabad * Barwala * Bawana * Begum Pur * Bhalswa Jahangirpur * Bhati * Bhor Garh * Burari * Chandan Hola * Chattarpur * Chhawala * Chilla Saroda Bangar * Chilla Saroda Khadar * Daryapur Kalan * Dayalpur * Dallopura * Dindarpur * Deoli * Dera Mandi * Fatehpur Beri * Gharonda Neemka Bangar (also known as Patparganj) * Gharoli * Gheora * Gokalpur * Ghitorni * Hastsal * Ibrahimpur * Jaitpur * Jiwanpur (also called Johripur) * Jaffrabad * Jharoda Kalan * Jonapur * Jharoda Majra Burari * Kanjhawala * Kamalpur Majra Burari * Kapas Hera * Karala * Karawal Nagar * Kair * Khanpur Dhani * Khajoori Khas * Khera * Khera Kalan * Khera Khurd * Kirari Suleman Nagar * Kondli * Kotla Mahigiran * Kusumpur * Ladpur * Libaspur * Maidan Garhi * Mehrauli * Mukhmelpur * Moradabad Pahari * Malikpur Kohi alias Rangpuri * Mithepur * Molarband * Mirpur Turk * Mubarak Pur Dabas * Mustafabad * Mohammad Pur Majri * Mandoli * Mukandpur * Mundka * Mitraon * Nilothi * Nangloi Jat * Nithari * Neb Sarai * Nangli Sakrawati * Pooth Kalan * Pooth Khurd * Pul Pehlad * Prahlad Pur Bangar * Qadipur * Quammruddin Nagar * Rajapur Khurd * Rajokri *

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* Roshanpura (also called Dichaon Khurd) * Sultanpur Majra * Saidabad * Shakarpur Baramad * Sadatpur Gujran * Siraspur * Sahibabad Daulatpur * Shafipur Ranhola * Tikri Kalan * Sambhalka * Sultanpur * Saidul Azaib * Taj Pul * Tukhmirpur * Tilangpur Kotla * Tigri * Tikri Khurd * Ziauddinpur

Cantonment Boards

* Delhi Cantonment

Out Growths

* Nil

Municipal Corporations

* Delhi Municipal Corporation

Municipal Councils

* New Delhi (NDMC)

Constituents with ''city'' status

Constituents of the Delhi UA which are classified as ''cities'', all with a population greater than 100,000, as per the 2011 census, are shown in the table below. Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal Corporation, M = Municipality, CT = Census Town, OG = Out Growth, NA = Notified Area, CB = Cantonment Board

References

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Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

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