Dashrath puri
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Dashrath Puri is a small colony consisting of around 1000 houses situated on Palam-Dabri road in West Delhi
West Delhi
West Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.West Delhi is bound by the districts of North West Delhi to the north, North Delhi and Central Delhi to the east, South West Delhi to the south, and Jhajjar District of Haryana state to the west.West Delhi...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Currently this colony comes under Dwarka Vidhansabha constituency
Dwarka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Dwarka Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.-Overview:Dwarka constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in...

 (Earlier it was under Nasirpur constituency which is dissolved due to delimitation
Boundary delimitation
Boundary delimitation, or simply delimitation, is the term used to describe the drawing of boundaries, but is most often used to describe the drawing of electoral boundaries, specifically those of precincts, states, counties or other municipalities...

) and West Delhi
West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constitutencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002...

 (Earlier it was under Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency
Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. It was one of the largest constituencies not only in Delhi but also in the country...

 which is dissolved due to delimitation).

Neighbourhood

Dashrath puri is located close to other colonies of New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

 such as Janakpuri
Janakpuri
Janakpuri is a major residential colony in West Delhi, India. It is divided into four major blocks namely A,B,C and D which are then divided into sub-blocks e.g. A1, A2, A3, B, C1, C-2, C-2, C-3, C-4-A and so on...

,
Vikaspuri
Vikaspuri
Vikaspuri is a Upper Middle Class residential locality within Delhi, India. Started by the Delhi Development Authority in the 1980s, it boomed in population in the late 1990s....

, Dwarka Sub City
Dwarka Sub City
Dwarka is a sub city, located in the South West Delhi district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is named after the legendary Dwaraka Kingdom. It is a short distance away from Gurgaon which is a major hub for large corporations in the country and about 10 Kms away from Indira Gandhi...

 as well as the Indira Gandhi International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport of the National Capital Region of Delhi, India, situated in West Delhi, 16 km southwest of New Delhi city centre. Named after Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, it is the busiest airport in India in...

. IT
Information technology
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 city of India, Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...

 is at a distance of half an hour from Dashrath puri.

Politics

MLA of Dashrath Puri's area is Praduman Rajput of Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 (BJP) and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 is Mahabal Mishra
Mahabal Mishra
Mahabal Mishra is a current Member of Parliament of India from West Delhi. Before getting elected for Parliament, he was MLA from Dwarka assembly constituency in New Delhi. He started his political career being as a Delhi councilor, representing Dabri ward in 1997. In the 1998 Delhi assembly...

. MCD
MCD
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 councillor from this area is Tilotama Chaudhary.

People

Although it is a very small colony but people from different parts of India lives here. Population density mainly consist of people from Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

 and Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

.

Accessibility

  • Dashrath puri has a well connected road network.
  • As of now nearest metro station is Uttam Nagar
    Uttam Nagar East (Delhi Metro)
    The Uttam Nagar East Metro Station is located on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro....

     besides Dashrath Puri itself is an upcoming metro station in next phase.
  • Nearest railway station is Palam and Delhi Cantt.
    Delhi Cantonment
    Delhi Cantonment is one of the three statutory towns that make up the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Its population according to the 2001 Census was 124,452...

     railway station.
  • Major DTC
    Delhi Transport Corporation
    Delhi Transport Corporation is the main public transport operator of Delhi. It operates buses on many bus routes, including the mudrika and Bahri Mudrika . It is the largest CNG-powered bus service operator in the world. DTC is operating Interstate Services in 6 states viz...

     Bus Routes touches Dashrath puri are 721, 761, 778, 801, RL-75, RL-77, RL-79 etc. In addition to this there are other RTVs & Metro feeder vehicles are operating with lower frequencies.
  • DTC
    Delhi Transport Corporation
    Delhi Transport Corporation is the main public transport operator of Delhi. It operates buses on many bus routes, including the mudrika and Bahri Mudrika . It is the largest CNG-powered bus service operator in the world. DTC is operating Interstate Services in 6 states viz...

     Bus Route no. 721 to ISBT Kashmiri Gate, 761 to Uttam Nagar, Janakpuri
    Janakpuri
    Janakpuri is a major residential colony in West Delhi, India. It is divided into four major blocks namely A,B,C and D which are then divided into sub-blocks e.g. A1, A2, A3, B, C1, C-2, C-2, C-3, C-4-A and so on...

    , Vikaspuri
    Vikaspuri
    Vikaspuri is a Upper Middle Class residential locality within Delhi, India. Started by the Delhi Development Authority in the 1980s, it boomed in population in the late 1990s....

    , Peeragarhi, Rohini, Pitam Pura & Azad Pur & RL-77 to New Delhi Railway Station
    New Delhi Railway Station
    The New Delhi Railway Station , station code NDLS, situated between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj is the main railway station in Delhi. New Delhi railway station is the second busiest and one of the largest in India. It handles over 300 trains each day with 16 platforms and about 360,000 passengers...

     respectively are the most frequent bus services from Dashrath puri.

Proposed Metro Station

Dashrath Puri is a proposed metro station in the third phase of the Delhi Metro network
Delhi Metro
Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground...

 on new line from Janakpuri (west)
Janakpuri West (Delhi Metro)
The Janakpuri West Metro Station is located on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro.Facilities: Escalator on both sides. Punjab National Bank's ATM...

 to Botanical Garden in Noida
Botanical Garden (Delhi Metro)
The Botanical Garden is a metro station on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro....

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