Ethnic groups in Delhi

Common card · No. 420058

Delhi's ethnic groups are diverse. The Yamuna river's flood plains provide fertile alluvial soil suitable for agriculture but are prone to recurrent floods. The Yamuna, a sacred river in Hinduism, is the only major river flowing through Delhi. The original natives of Delhi are those whose ancestors lived in the Yamuna basin, a region which spreads radially from the capital up to a distance of approximately 200 kilometres. This province was not ethnically homogeneous and large amounts of Hindi-speakers resided in the southeast, now Haryana, eastern side, now West Uttar Pradesh and in Delhi's Yamuna Basin. Today the migrant population consists largely of Punjabis, Haryanvis, Bengalis, Biharis, Uttar Pradeshis, Rajasthanis and Madhya Pradeshis etc. During the time of British Raj, Delhi was made a district city of the Punjab Province of British India.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Public domain