Kapashera
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Kapashera
Kāpasahēṛā | |
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Subdistrict of Delhi | |
| Kapashera | |
  Kapashera Location in India | |
| Coordinates: 28°31′34″N 77°04′48″E / 28.5261°N 77.0800°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Delhi |
| District | South West |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 500,000+ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | DL9C |
Kapashera (ISO: Kāpasahēṛā) is the administrative headquarters and one of the three sub-division of the South West district of Delhi NCT, India. The office of deputy commissioner is located at Old Tax Terminal building.
Transport
[edit]By Road
National Highway 8 (NH 8) is the nearest highway and just 1 km away.
By Metro
Dwarka Metro Sec 21 is 6 km away.
By Air
Indira Gandhi Airport is 7 km away.
By Train
Bijawsan Railway Station is the nearest railway and it is 2 km away.
By Bus
Buses plying through Kapashera are Route No. 543, 539, 578, 543A, 718, 712, 804A, 729.
Demand for Metro
A demand for Metro railway lines has risen over the last 15 years but it has not been fulfilled by current or previous state governments.
Politics
[edit]The MLA of Kapashera is Bhupendra Singh Joon from the Aam Aadmi Party. The MCD Councillor is Aarti Yadav, AAP.
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Kapashera had a population of 74,073 of which 50,123 (68%) were males while 23,950 (32%) were females. Kapashera had an average literacy rate of 90.34%, higher than state average of 86.21%. Male literacy was around 92.35% while the female literacy rate was 82.13%. In Kapashera, 13.72% of the population was under six years of age.
As of 2020, the village is believed to have a population of more than 6,00,000 due to frequent migration & industries being near Kapashera.
Fun N Food Village is one of the main attractions of Kapashera village.
Kapashera shares border with Gurgaon, Haryana.
Growth in Recent Decade
[edit]Kapashera has grown at an unprecedented rate because of rapid industrialization around the area such as Udhyog Vihar Industrial Area and Maruti Factory in Gurgaon.
The area is also under a DDA redevelopment zone and it is expected that it will grow even faster in the 2020s.
Due to industrialisation, migrants now have a sizable population and most of the natives are in the rent business.
In 2001, the population was 20,000 and in 2011, the population was 75,000, a 400% increase. Now the city has population of 5,00,000.
Groundwater and Land Subsidence
[edit]A study published in Nature scientific report[2] reports that land is sinking down in Delhi due to groundwater overpumping.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kapas Hera City Population Census 2011 – Delhi". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Tracking hidden crisis in India's capital from space: implications of unsustainable groundwater use". Nature, LLC.