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Delhi Cantonment Population 2024

Delhi Cantonment city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Delhi Metropolitan Region. The Delhi Cantonment city is located in Delhi state of India.


The current estimate population of Delhi Cantonment city in 2024 is 155,000 , while Delhi Cantonment metro population is estimated at 23,223,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Delhi Cantonment city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Delhi Cantonment city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Delhi Cantonment city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Delhi Cantonment in 2011 is 110,351. Although Delhi Cantonment city has population of 110,351; its urban / metropolitan population is 16,349,831.

Delhi Cantonment Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Delhi Cantonment city are 87,721 of which 53,193 are males while 34,528 are females. Average literacy rate of Delhi Cantonment city is 89.82 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.57 and 84.59 percent. The sex ratio of Delhi Cantonment city is 731 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 836 per 1000 boys.

Delhi Cantonment Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Delhi Cantonment city numbers 2,771 in which population of 12,260 resides. This is around 11.11% of total population of Delhi Cantonment city.

Delhi Cantonment Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Delhi Cantonment city with 90.55 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Delhi Cantonment with approximately 3.95 % following it. In Delhi Cantonment city, Christinity is followed by 1.89 %, Jainism by 0.30 %, Sikhism by 3.04 % and Buddhism by 0.13 %. Around 0.00 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.14 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 90.55 % 99,922
Muslims 3.95 % 4,360
Christian 1.89 % 2,089
Sikh 3.04 % 3,358
Buddhist 0.13 % 143
Jain 0.30 % 329
Others 0.00 % 1
Not Stated 0.14 % 149

Delhi Future Population 2021-2031

Delhi City Metropolitan
2011 110,351 16,349,831
2021 143,000 21,254,000
2022 147,000 21,891,000
2023 151,000 22,547,000
2024 155,000 23,223,000
2025 159,000 23,919,000
2026 163,000 24,636,000
2027 167,000 25,375,000
2028 172,000 26,136,000
2029 177,000 26,920,000
2030 182,000 27,727,000
2031 187,000 28,558,000
Delhi Cantonment City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 110,351 63,757 46,594
Literates 87,721 53,193 34,528
Children (0-6) 12,686 6,911 5,775
Average Literacy (%) 89.82 % 93.57 % 84.59 %
Sexratio 731
Child Sexratio 836

Delhi Metropolitan Region

Delhi Cantonment city comes under Delhi Metropolitan area.
Delhi Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 16,349,831 8,750,834 7,598,997
Literates 12,427,342 7,012,476 5,414,866
Children (0-6) 1,953,206 1,042,800 910,406
Average Literacy (%) 86.32 % 90.98 % 80.96 %
Sexratio 868
Child Sexratio 873
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