Delhi Public Library is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Tourism & Culture and governed by Delhi Library Board. This library is fully financed by the Government of India. This library is the pride of Delhi and India and this is having several valuable resource for the purpose of research, higher studies etc.


The  library was started as a UNESCO project in the year 1951 by the Govt. of India.  The main aim of Delhi Public Library started with the objective of providing a free public library and information services to the people of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The Library also acts as community centre for informal education and model for public library development in India. Delhi Public Library serves the needs of all members of community without any distinction of class, creed, occupation, race, sex and specially those of neo-literates and children.


Delhi Public Library has a network of Zonal Libraries, Branches & Sub-branches, R.C.Libraries, Community Libraries, Deposit Stations, Sports Libraries, Mobile Library, Braille library, etc. spread all over Delhi. The library is haiving a big collection of over 14 lakh books in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi & other Indian Languages. It conatins books from almost all subjects.


The Delhi Public Library is also one of the 4th recipient library under the provision of Delivery of Books & Newspaper (Public Libraries) Act 1954. The Library provides free library services to the residents of Delhi. Circulation of books is one of the major activities of the library. The library offers services to children and also organises cultural activities such as lectures, debates, exhibitions etc. Some of the outstanding features of the library activities are services to Blind, Prisoners and offers Mobile Library service also. Delhi Public Library is the biggest Public Library System in India and the busiest Public Library in South East Asia. The library was inaugurated by first Prime Minister of India Hon’ble Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, started as small unitary library in old Delhi, Opp. Old Delhi Railway Station. It has since developed into a premier Public Library System in the metropolitan city of Delhi.



Delhi Public Library is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Tourism & Culture and governed by Delhi Library Board. It is fully financed by the Government of India. The  library was started as a UNESCO project in the year 1951 by the Govt. of India.  The main aim of Delhi Public Library started with the objective of providing a free public library and information services to the people of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The Library also acts as community centre for informal education and model for public library development in India. Delhi Public Library serves the needs of all members of community without any distinction of class, creed, occupation, race, sex and specially those of neo-literates and children.Delhi Public Library has a network of Zonal Libraries, Branches & Sub-branches, R.C.Libraries, Community Libraries, Deposit Stations, Sports Libraries, Mobile Library, Braille library, etc. spread all over Delhi. The library is haiving a big collection of over 14 lakh books in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi & other Indian Languages. It conatins books from almost all subjects. The Delhi Public Library is also one of the 4th recipient library under the provision of Delivery of Books & Newspaper (Public Libraries) Act 1954.

The Library provides free library services to the residents of Delhi. Circulation of books is one of the major activities of the library. The library offers services to children and also organises cultural activities such as lectures, debates, exhibitions etc. Some of the outstanding features of the library activities are services to Blind, Prisoners and offers Mobile Library service also. Delhi Public Library is the biggest Public Library System in India and the busiest Public Library in South East Asia. The library was inaugurated by first Prime Minister of India Hon’ble Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, started as small unitary library in old Delhi, Opp. Old Delhi Railway Station. It has since developed into a premier Public Library System in the metropolitan city of Delhi.