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Dashrath Puri — town — Coordinates 28°36′18″N 77°05′11″E / 28.605105°N 77.086397°ECoordinates: 28°36′18″N 77°05′11″E / 28.605105°N 77.086397°E Country India Territory Delhi Parliamentary constituency West Delhi Assembly constituency Dwarka Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Dashrath Puri is a small colony consisting of around 1000 houses situated on Palam-Dabri road in West Delhi, India. Currently this colony comes under Dwarka Vidhansabha constituency (Earlier it was under Nasirpur constituency which is dissolved due to delimitation) and West Delhi (Earlier it was under Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency which is dissolved due to delimitation).
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Neighbourhood
Dashrath puri is located close to other colonies of New Delhi such as Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka Sub City as well as the Indira Gandhi International Airport. IT city of India, Gurgaon 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 (BJP) and Member of Parliament is Mahabal Mishra. MCD 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, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh.
Accessibility
- Dashrath puri has a well connected road network.
- As of now nearest metro station is Uttam Nagar besides Dashrath Puri itself is an upcoming metro station in next phase.
- Nearest railway station is Palam and Delhi Cantt. railway station.
- Major DTC 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 Bus Route no. 721 to ISBT Kashmiri Gate, 761 to Uttam Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Peeragarhi, Rohini, Pitam Pura & Azad Pur & RL-77 to New Delhi Railway Station 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 on new line from Janakpuri (west) to Botanical Garden in Noida.[1]
See also
References
Categories:- Neighbourhoods of Delhi
- Cities and towns in West Delhi district
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