Delhi Cantonment

Delhi Cantonment is a Class I Cantonment Board in established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is 10,452 acres and its population, as per the 2011 census, is 110,351.
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  • Type: City with 110,000 residents
  • Description: cantonment board in Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “Delhi Cantt”, “New Cantonment”, “دہلی چھاونی”, “दिल्ली कैंट”, “दिल्ली कैंटोनमेंट”, “సైనిక నివాస ప్రాంతం, కొత్త ఢిల్లీ”, “ഡെൽഹി കന്റോൺ മെന്റ്”, and “ഡെൽഹി കന്റോണ്മെന്റ്”

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.

Railway station
Photo: Kuldeepburjbhalaike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small railway station in which is a residential and commercial neighborhood of the South West Delhi of Delhi. Its code is PM.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South New Delhi and Rajouri Garden.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is home to Chanakyapuri, the diplomatic hub of , as well as various colonial-era bungalows and mansions south of the . Besides, the southern fringe of New Delhi is home to Dilli Haat, a popular crafts bazaar.

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.

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 .

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=­city
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: “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 छावनी”
  • Italian: “Delhi Cantonment”
  • Japanese: “デリー宿営地委員会”
  • Malagasy: “Delhi Cantonment”
  • Malay: “Delhi Cantt.”
  • Malayalam: “ഡെൽഹി കന്റോൺ മെന്റ് ബോർഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഡെൽഹി കന്റോൺ‌മെന്റ് ബോർഡ്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Delhi Cantonment”
  • Newari: “दिल्ली क्यान्टोनमेन्ट”
  • Russian: “Делхи Кантонмент”
  • Spanish: “Delhi Cantonment”
  • Swedish: “Delhi Cantonment”
  • Tamil: “தில்லி கண்டோன்மென்ட்”
  • Telugu: “ఢిల్లీ కంటోన్మెంట్”
  • Ukrainian: “Військове містечко Делі”
  • Urdu: “دہلی چھاؤنی”
  • Vietnamese: “Delhi Cantt.”
  • “दिल्ली छावनी”

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Notable Places Nearby

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