Delhi

Delhi,[a] officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Situated on both sides of the Yamuna river, but primarily to the west or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh to the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. Delhi became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and was designated as the NCT in 1995.[13] The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi).[4] According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million,[14][15] while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million.[16]