Najafgarh is surrounded by 70 villages bordering Haryana. The borders are to from the main Najafgarh Market. Geography Najafgarh is located at in the South West Delhi district in the NCT of Delhi. Najafgarh is situated Southwest of the New Delhi City Centre and northwest to the district headquarters at Dwarka. It has an average elevation of above mean Sea Level. Najafgarh Drain, the continuation of the Sahibi River and an elongation of the Najafgarh Lake is the Indian capital's most polluted body of water due to the direct inflow of untreated sewage from surrounding populated areas. A January 2005 report by the Central Pollution Control Board classifies this drain, with 13 other highly polluted wetlands, under category ‘‘D’’ for assessing the water quality of wetlands in wildlife habitats. Demographics As of 2011 India census, the population of Najafgarh is 1,365,152. Female sex Ratio is of 872 against Delhi's average of 868. Moreover, the Child Sex Ratio in Najafgarh is around 832 compared to Delhi's average of 871. The majority of the inhabitants are locals others are from Haryana, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The literacy rate is 88.1%. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.60% of total population in Najafgarh. Politics Kailash Gahlot, Advocate of the Aam Aadmi Party is MLA from Najafgarh Assembly constituency. Gahlot defeated former MLA Bharat Singh of the INLD in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. Gahlot holds the post of Parliamentary Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi. Najafgarh Assembly constituency is part of the West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency). Pravesh Verma of BJP is the MP representing the parliamentary constituency. Transport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the nearest international Airport to Najafgarh. Najafgarh is connected by roads with major destinations all over Delhi and Haryana. The DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) and DIMTS (Delhi Multi-Model Transit System) provide bus services from Najafgarh Bus Terminal to the other parts of Delhi. In October 2019, a new metro line called the Grey Line was linked from Dwarka to Najafgarh, taking the rapid transit system to the area for the first time. The line was further extended to Dhansa Bus Stand in September 2021, thereby linking the interior rural areas of Najafgarh. Landmarks Najafgarh drain, Delhi Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary, Delhi Najafgarh Lake Notable People Ch. Brahm Prakash Yadav: first chief minister of Delhi. Virender Sehwag: Cricketer, born in Najafgarh Sushil Kumar: Wrestler, born in Baprola