Delhi Cantonment (

ISO The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Me ...

: ''Dillī Chāvanī''; popularly referred to as Delhi Cantt) is a Class I

Cantonment Board A cantonment (, , or ) is a type of military base. In South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British Raj). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential ...

established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is and the population of the Cantonment as per the 2011 census is 110,351. Three Municipalities of Delhi as of 2022

Three Municipalities of Delhi as of 2022

The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006 while various policy letters and instructions from the

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pertaining to the area are issued from time to time. Although the board functions as a local municipal body, it remains under the administrative control of the Directorate General Defence Estates, New Delhi and Principal Director, Defence Estates, Western Command,

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

. It is one of three local bodies in the

National Capital Territory of 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, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

, the others being

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD; ISO: ''Dillī Nagara Nigama'') is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to a population of about 20 ...

and

New Delhi Municipal Council New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC; ISO: ''Naī Dillī Nagarapālikā Pariṣad'') is the municipal council of the city of New Delhi, Delhi, India. It covers an area of 42.7 km2 under its administration, which is commonly referred as Luty ...

History

Cantonment A cantonment (, , or ) is a type of military base. In South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British Raj). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential ...

s in Delhi and

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were originally established by the British. The Delhi Cantonment houses the

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Headquarters, Delhi Area; the Army Golf Course; the Defence Services Officers Institute; military housing; Army and Air Force Public Schools; and various other defence-related installations. The cantonment also houses the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), a tertiary care medical centre of the

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. There is a railway station within the cantonment,

Delhi Cantonment railway station Delhi Cantonment railway station (also known as Delhi Cantt.)(station code: DEC), is a railway station in Delhi Cantonment, India. History This station originally operated as a metre-gauge railway station. It was converted to broad gaug ...

, from where trains depart for various parts of the country.

Demographics

At the 2001 India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

Delhi Cantt. had a population of 124,452. Males constituted 61% of the population and females 39%. Delhi Cantt. has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 83% and, female literacy is 68%. In Delhi Cantt., 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. At the 2011 India

Delhi Cantt. had a population of 116,352. Males constituted ≈58% (67,703) of the population and females constituted ≈42% (48,649). Delhi Cantt. has an average literacy rate of 91.11%, higher than the national average of 79.9%: male literacy is 94.54% and, female literacy is 86.26%. In Delhi Cantt., 11.36% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Other

is located in Delhi Cantonment.

Transport

Delhi Cantonment is connected by road, railway and air.

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of ,

is about 5 kilometres from Delhi Cantonment. Its nearest metro stations are Delhi Cantt on the Pink Line, Sadar Bazaar Cantt and

Shankar Vihar Shankar Vihar is a residential complex for serving personnel of the Indian Armed Forces and their families, provided by the Government of India. Currently there are more than 278 houses including Permanent & Temporary. It is surrounded by an ai ...

on the Magenta Line and

Dhaula Kuan Dhaula Kuan () is a major intersection of roads in Delhi, India. The name also now refers to the neighbourhood surrounding the intersection. Intersection Five major thoroughfares in Delhi meet at Dhaula Kuan. Passing through the intersect ...

on the Airport Express. Delhi Cantonment has a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

. Almost all the trains plying from Delhi towards Rajasthan or Gujarat have either a stop here or originates from this station itself. It is easily accessible by road and local bus to the residents of nearby residential neighbourhoods such as Aerocity,

, DU South Campus,

Chanakyapuri Chanakyapuri () is a neighbourhood and diplomatic enclave established in the 1950s in New Delhi, India. It is also a sub-division of the New Delhi district and plays host to the majority of foreign Embassy, embassies in New Delhi. Chanakyapuri, ...

Moti Bagh Moti Bagh, a residential locality in South Delhi South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India with its headquarters in Saket. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions ...

, Vasant Vihar, Vasant Kunj, Palam, Dabri,

Dwarka Dwarka () is a town and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat. It is located on the western shore of the Okhamandal Peninsula on the right bank of the Gomti river at ...

, Tilak Nagar, Hari Nagar,

Mayapuri Mayapuri is an industrial locality in the West Delhi district of Delhi, India. It used to be a major hub of heavy metal and small-scale industries, but following government sanctions, most of the heavy metal industries moved out. The place is ...

, Sagarpur, Naraina, Inderpuri and

Janakpuri Janak Puri is an affluent neighborhood in the South West district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro via multiple lines as well as train because of its nearest railway stat ...

Notable people

* Indian cricketer

Ashish Nehra Ashish Nehra (; born 29 April 1979) is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Nehra announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in late 2017, with the Twenty20 International match against Ne ...

lived in Sadar Bazaar of Delhi Cantt in his childhood and his family still lives there.

References

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