‘Now I don’t even have a home, I don’t even wish to have a home, it’s been a long time that I thought that I will go home one day’ This line fits exactly over the capital Delhi. Because millions of people from all over the country come to Delhi city every year in search of work and some money to live. Some people became so busy with work and responsibilities in Delhi city that they were never able to return home. Statistics of Delhi city show how many people have come and settled here in the last few years.
Population of Delhi city
According to a report of Delhi government, the population of the national capital is expected to increase by 2036. It is estimated to reach 2.65 crore, in which 47.34 percent will be women. According to the report titled Women and Men in Delhi-2023, by 2036 the population of Delhi will be 2 crore 65 lakh 91 thousand. It is estimated that there will be 1 crore 25 lakh 89 thousand women and 1 crore 40 lakh 2 thousand men. It has been told in this report that in 2036, women will constitute 47.34 percent of the city’s population, whereas at the national level it is 48.78 percent. Due to the rapid pace of urbanization, Delhi is one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
The population of Delhi was this much in 2011.
According to Census 2011, the population of Delhi was 1, The number was 67,87,941, of which 78 lakh 615 were females and 89 lakh 87 thousand 326 were males. According to the 2011 census, the population of women in Delhi is 46.47 percent of the total population of the city, which is less than the national figure of 48.53 percent. In 2001, the total population was 13,850,507, of which males were 7,607,234 and females were 6,243,273. Between 2001 and 2011, the total population of Delhi has increased by 21.2 percent. In this, the female population has increased at the rate of 24.9 percent while the male population has increased at the rate of 18.1 percent.
Increasing population of the capital Delhi
Let us tell you that the British made Delhi the capital of the country in 1911. Was declared. After independence, Delhi was converted into a union territory in 1966. According to the 1971 census, the population of Delhi at that time was 40,65,698.