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Delhi

Population (2011)16,753,235
Density (per sq km)11,297
Urban population (%)97.5
Kingdoms and empires18
Events on the map48

🗺 Geography

⛰ Land and rivers

Physiographic divisions: The Northern Plain (most of the state)

Physical India →

⚠ Natural hazards

NCERT’s hazard maps do not name this state as a whole.

Natural hazards →

🌿 Protected areas and natural heritage

None of the reserves and sites on our Climate & life page is in this state.

Climate & life → · Water & protected areas →

🏭 Resources and economy

NCERT does not name this state for a crop, mineral, industry or major port.

Resources & economy →

📜 History

👑 Who held this land

Kingdoms, empires and cultures whose territory, as drawn on our map, covered a large part of today’s Delhi, or that were based here. Extents are approximate, so treat this as a guide to who held the region — not as exact borders.

Indus / Harappan Civilization c. 3,300–1,300 BCE
Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture c. 2,000–1,500 BCE
Early Vedic Communities c. 1,500–1,000 BCE
Kuru c. 1,200–350 BCE
Later Vedic Polities c. 1,000–600 BCE
Magadha c. 700–321 BCE
Mauryan Empire c. 321–185 BCE
Yaudheya Republic c. 200 BCE – c. 350 CE
Kushan Empire c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE
Gupta Empire c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE
Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE
Gurjara-Pratihara Empire c. 730 CE – c. 1036
Tomaras of Delhi c. 736 CE – c. 1152 · based here
Ghurid Empire c. 1175 – 1206
Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526
Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857 · based here
Sur Empire 1540 – 1556
British East India Company 1600 – 1858
3,300 BCE1950

📅 Events in Delhi

🏛 Historic places

Qutb Minarc. 1199Red Fort, Delhi1648

🎨 People and culture

👥 2011 Census

Population
16,753,235
Share of India’s population (%)
1.38
Density (per sq km)
11,297
Decadal growth 2001–11 (%)
20.96
Urban population (%)
97.5
Work participation rate (%)
33.3

People →

🎨 Art & culture

Nothing listed for this state on this page yet.

Art & culture →

Geography: features are those on our Geography map that cover a good part of the state (or that NCERT places in it); hazards, reserves, crops, minerals, industries and ports are where NCERT, UNESCO or the Ramsar list name or place them. Census figures are for 2011, as NCERT prints them.

How this is made: nothing here is new — it is YugMap’s own map data sorted by today’s states. A kingdom is listed if its territory on our map covered at least 40% of the state at some point, or if its centre or capital lies here; events and places are listed where their map point falls inside the state. State outlines follow India’s official map.