Delhi Cantonment

Delhi Cantonment is a Class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is 10,452 acres and its population, as per the 2011 census, is 110,351.
  • Type: Suburb with 110,000 residents
  • Description: cantonment board in Delhi, India
  • Also known as: Delhi Cantt”, “Delhi Cantt.”, and “New Cantonment

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tihar Prisons and Delhi Cantonment railway station.

Prison
, popularly known as Tihar Jail, is a prison complex in and is one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. There are 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres.

Railway station
The , also known as Delhi Cantt, is a railway station in Delhi Cantonment in India. It serves as an intermediate stop for trains coming from Delhi or and going towards Rajasthan and Gujarat via , and a small number of trains originate and terminate at this station.

School
Photo: Rollinskjohn, Public domain.
Mount St. Mary's School is a Patrician Brothers' School run by the Brothers of St Patrick. It is located in Delhi Cantt, , , at 75, Parade Road. The school was established in 1963. The current principal is Bro. Tomy Varghese…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rajouri Garden and Vasant Vihar.

Suburb
is a market and residential neighbourhood in , . The Main Market and Nehru Market are the key markets of the area. The population is largely Punjabi who migrated to Delhi, following the Partition of India, from in 1947. is situated 5 km north of Delhi Cantonment.

Suburb
is a diplomatic and residential sub-division of the district of , India. It is located near the diplomatic area of , and houses over 50 diplomatic missions of foreign countries, including the High Commission of , and embassy of . is situated 6 km southeast of Delhi Cantonment.

Suburb
is a major residential colony located in of , . It is one of 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the Delhi National Capital Territory in . is situated 4 km west of Delhi Cantonment.

Delhi Cantonment

Latitude
28.5983° or 28° 35′ 54″ north
Longitude
77.1235° or 77° 7′ 25″ east
Population
110,000
Elevation
228 metres (748 feet)
Open location code
7JWVH4XF+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2657201803
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1273292
Wiki­data ID
Q1192604
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Delhi Cantonment” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: দিল্লী ক্যাণ্টনমেণ্ট
  • Bhojpuri: दिल्ली छावनी
  • Bishnupriya: দিল্লী সেনানীবাস
  • Chinese: Delhi Cantonment
  • Chinese: 德里坎登門
  • Chinese: 德里坎登门
  • Danish: Delhi Cantonment
  • Dutch: Delhi Cantonment
  • French: Cantonnement de Delhi
  • French: Delhi Cantonment
  • German: Delhi Cantonment
  • Hebrew: מחנה דלהי
  • Hindi: दिल्ली कैंट
  • Hindi: दिल्ली कैंटोनमेंट
  • Hindi: दिल्ली छावनी
  • Italian: Delhi Cantonment
  • Japanese: デリー宿営地委員会
  • Kashmiri: دہلی چھاونی
  • Malagasy: Delhi Cantonment
  • Malay: Delhi Cantt.
  • Malayalam: Delhi Cantonment
  • Malayalam: ഡെൽഹി കന്റോൺ മെന്റ് ബോർഡ്
  • Malayalam: ഡെൽഹി കന്റോൺ മെന്റ്
  • Malayalam: ഡെൽഹി കന്റോൺ‌മെന്റ് ബോർഡ്
  • Malayalam: ഡെൽഹി കന്റോണ്മെന്റ്
  • Min Nan Chinese: Delhi Cantonment
  • Newari: दिल्ली क्यान्टोनमेन्ट
  • Spanish: Delhi Cantonment
  • Swedish: Delhi Cantonment
  • Tamil: தில்லி கண்டோன்மென்ட்
  • Telugu: ఢిల్లీ కంటోన్మెంట్
  • Telugu: సైనిక నివాస ప్రాంతం, కొత్త ఢిల్లీ
  • Ukrainian: Військове містечко Делі
  • Urdu: دہلی چھاؤنی
  • Vietnamese: Delhi Cantt.
  • दिल्ली छावनी

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Delhi Cantonment Board Office and Delhi Cantt Police Station.

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