Burari is a census town situated in the North Delhi District in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. 69,182 people inhabit the town, as revealed in the 2001 India census. Males and females respectively make up 55% and 45% of the population, the percentage of children less than 6 years of age being 17%. On an average, 68% of the population is literate; this makes the literacy rate higher than the nationwide standard of 59.5%. 75% among the males and 60% among the females are literate.