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East Delhi district | |
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 Location in Delhi, India | |
| Coordinates:28°38′24″N77°17′24″E / 28.64000°N 77.29000°E /28.64000; 77.29000 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Delhi |
| Headquarters | Preet Vihar |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Anil Banka,IAS[1] |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,709,346 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,English,Urdu,Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 1100xx[2] |
| Nearest city | Noida,Ghaziabad |
| Lok Sabha MP | Harsh Malhotra |
| Website | dmeast |
East Delhi district is an administrative district ofDelhi inIndia. It is bounded by theYamuna River on the west,North East Delhi to the north,Ghaziabad District ofUttar Pradesh state to the east, andGautam Buddha Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh to the south. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions:Gandhi Nagar,Preet Vihar, andMayur Vihar.
East Delhi has a population of 1,709,346 (2011 census) and an area of 64 km2 (25 sq mi), with a population density of 22,639 persons per km².
According to the2011 census East Delhi has apopulation of 1,709,346,[citation needed] roughly equal to the nation ofThe Gambia[3] or the US state ofNebraska.[4] This gives it a ranking of 284th in India (out of a total of640). The district has a population density of 27,132 inhabitants per square kilometre (70,270/sq mi). Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.68%. East Delhi has asex ratio of 884females for every 1000 males, and aliteracy rate of 88.75%. The Scheduled Castes make up of 16.5% (281,482) of total district population.[5]
Hinduism is the majority religion of the district, followed by 82.54% of total population, withIslam the second most followed religion with 10.46%. There is also a significant population ofSikhs (3.1%) andJains (2.7%).[5]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 82.54% | |||
| Islam | 10.46% | |||
| Sikhism | 3.1% | |||
| Jainism | 2.7% | |||
| Christianity | 0.92% | |||
| Others | 0.17% | |||
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Nebraska 1,826,341
