Delhi formally known as the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and an association region of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. It is lined by the territory of Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh toward the east. The NCT covers a territory of 1,484 square kilometers (573 sq mi). As per the 2011 registration, Delhi's city appropriate populace was more than 11 million, the second-most elevated in India after Mumbai, while the entire NCT's populace was about 16.8 million. Delhi's metropolitan territory is currently considered to reach out past the NCT limits, and incorporate the adjoining satellite urban communities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida in a zone called the Central National Capital Region (CNCR) and had an expected 2016 populace of more than 26 million individuals, making it the world's second-biggest metropolitan region as per the United Nations. Late gauges of the metro economy of its metropolitan zone have positioned Delhi either the most or second-most gainful metro region of India.
Delhi is the second-most affluent city in India after Mumbai and is home to 18 very rich people and 23,000 moguls. Delhi positions fifth among the Indian states and association regions in human advancement record. Delhi has the second-most elevated GDP per capita in India. Delhi is of extraordinary chronicled importance as a significant business, transport, and social center point, just as the political focus of India. Delhi is perhaps the most established city on the planet, and has been constantly possessed since the sixth century BCE. Through the majority of its set of experiences, Delhi has filled in as a capital of different realms and domains, most eminently the Pandavas, the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. The city has been caught, stripped and remade a few times, especially during the archaic period, and present day Delhi is a bunch of various urban communities spread across the metropolitan district. For a long time Delhi has been a predominant exchanging and business focus in northern India, and after 1990s it has arisen as a significant hub in the global corporate and monetary organization.
An association domain, the political organization of the NCT of Delhi today more intently looks like that of a province of India, with its own assembly, high court and a leader chamber of pastors headed by a Chief Minister. New Delhi is mutually managed by the government of India and the nearby administration of Delhi, and fills in as the capital of the country just as the NCT of Delhi. Delhi facilitated the debut 1951 Asian Games, 1982 Asian Games, 1983 NAM Summit, 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 BRICS Summit and was one of the significant host urban areas of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Delhi is likewise the focal point of the National Capital Region (NCR), which is a special 'highway local arranging' region made by the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985.