Central Delhi

Central Delhi district is an administrative district of the in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the east and by the districts of North Delhi to the north, West Delhi and North West Delhi to the west, and South East Delhi to the south, and East Delhi, , and North East Delhi to the east across the Yamuna.
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  • Type: district of India with 582,000 residents
  • Description: district of Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “Central”, “Central Delhi district”, and “Central district”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Delhi railway station and Sadar Bazar railway station.

Railway station
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is the primary railway hub for the Indian capital, , and an integral part of Indian Railways. Situated in Central Delhi, approximately 2 kilometers north of , the station features 16 platforms with entrances at and Ajmeri Gate.

Railway station
, with the three-letter station code DSB, is a railway station located in the Sadar Bazar area of Delhi's Central Delhi district.

Metro station
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is an interchange station on the Yellow Line and the Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro. Catering primarily to the New Delhi railway station, it overlooks the railway station's entrance overlooking Ajmeri Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North New Delhi and East Delhi.

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is the commercial enclave of , north of the . It consists of Connaught Place, the city's commercial heart, as well as the Supreme Court, the symbol of India's judiciary.

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, on the eastern bank of the Yamuna River, is one of the victims of the city's urban sprawls over the last decades. Although not particularly attractive for history buffs, is home to the Akshardham, Delhi's largest Hindu temple.

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is the Mughal-era walled city that comprises the historic core of . Constructed by the fifth Mughal ruler Shah Jahan as Shahjahanabad, is centred around the Red Fort and the Jama Masjid, as well as Chandni Chowk, a paradise for street food lovers.

Central Delhi

Latitude
28.64857° or 28° 38′ 55″ north
Longitude
77.21895° or 77° 13′ 8″ east
Population
582,000
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Abbreviation
“CNT”
Open location code
7JWVJ6X9+CH
Geo­Names ID
8335421
Wiki­data ID
Q107941
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Central Delhi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وسط دلهي”
  • Assamese: “মধ্য দিল্লী জিলা”
  • Assamese: “মধ্য দিল্লী”
  • Asturian: “Central Delhi (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Central Delhi”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Central Delhi”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় দিল্লি জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Delhi central”
  • Cebuano: “Central Delhi”
  • Chinese: “Centraal-Delhi”
  • Chinese: “中德里”
  • Danish: “Central Delhi”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Delhi”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Delhio”
  • French: “Centre de Delhi”
  • German: “Central Delhi”
  • German: “Delhi-Zentrum”
  • German: “Distrikt Central Delhi”
  • German: “Distrikt Delhi-Zentrum”
  • German: “Distrikt Zentral-Delhi”
  • German: “Zentral-Delhi”
  • German: “Zentrum”
  • Gujarati: “મધ્ય દિલ્હી જિલ્લો”
  • Gujarati: “મધ્ય દિલ્હી”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז דלהי”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העיר”
  • Hindi: “मध्य दिल्ली”
  • Italian: “Centro di Delhi”
  • Italian: “Delhi Centro”
  • Italian: “distretto di Delhi Centro”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Delhi Centro”
  • Italian: “Vecchia Delhi”
  • Japanese: “中央デリー区”
  • Kashmiri: “ضلع وسط دہلی”
  • Kashmiri: “مَرکٔزی دِل ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “मध्य दिल्ली जिला”
  • Magahi: “मध्य दिल्ली”
  • Maithili: “मध्य दिल्ली जिला”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്‍ട്രല്‍ ഡെല്‍ഹി ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “मध्य दिल्ली जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Centraal-Delhi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Central Delhi”
  • Norwegian: “Central Delhi”
  • Oriya: “କେନ୍ଦ୍ରୀୟ ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੈਂਟਰਲ ਦਿੱਲੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “بخش دهلی مرکزی”
  • Russian: “Центральный Дели”
  • Sanskrit: “मध्यदेहलीमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ”
  • Slovenian: “Central Delhi”
  • Spanish: “Delhi central”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Delhi central”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Delhi Central”
  • Swedish: “Central Delhi”
  • Tamil: “மத்திய தில்லி மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “மத்திய தில்லி”
  • Telugu: “మధ్య ఢిల్లీ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “మధ్య ఢిల్లీ”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральне Делі”
  • Urdu: “ضلع وسط دہلی”
  • Urdu: “مرکزی دہلی”

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