Dilshad Garden is a large housing colony located in
East Delhi
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, which was primarily developed by
Delhi Development Authority
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. The area located close to Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Border. Dilshad Garden falls under the both
Shahdara and
Seemapuri constituency of the legislative assembly. Thus, a part of Dilshad Garden falls under
MLA of Seemapuri
Vidhansabha
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Shri Rajender Pal Gautam and its other part falls under the MLA of Shahdara Vidhansabha Shri Ram Niwas Goyal.
Dilshad Garden is a residential locality in North East New Delhi. Dilshad Garden is divided into several blocks starting from A to R and several pockets A to SG. Every block has its own market and parks. Most of the residential development is in the form of New Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flats. The Dear park is a public park.
Schools include Hansard Smarak School, Greenways Modern School and Red Cross Society School and colleges such as University College of Medical Sciences and the Florence Nightingale College of Nursing. Medical facilities include Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Swami Dayanand Hospital and Jivan Jyoti Hospital right next door.
Retail centers such as the Cross River Mall, Unity One Mall and Mahagun Metro Mall are within a 7 km radius of the locality.
The Red Line of the Delhi Metro was the first corridor to be inaugurated.
Average temperature in Dilshad Garden is between 8 to 40 degree Celsius with high rainfall in the months of July, August and September. Pollution is a concern as AQI was found to be consistently above 250 and the average PM2.5 concentration was above 200 micrograms per cubic metre, three times above the safe standard.
Housing
24% properties for Sale in Dilshad Garden lie in range of ₹20Lac - ₹40Lac while 22% properties for Sale lie in range of ₹40Lac - ₹60Lac. 2 BHK is the most common room configuration in this locality and accounts for approximate 50% of all the properties for Sale. 59% of the properties in Dilshad Garden are Multistorey Apartment.
Religious Centres
* Ayyappa Temple - Opposite of Pocket R.
* Digamber Jain Mandir, R Block
* Durga Mandir - Pocket R Block nearest temple walking distance from
Jhilmil metro station
The Jhilmil Station is located on the Red Line of the Delhi Metro.
Station layout
Facilities
ATMs from Punjab National Bank and State Bank of India are available at Jhilmil metro station.
See also
*List of Delhi Metro stations
*Transpor ...
* Gauri Shankar Mandir - the nearest temple within walking distance from
Dilshad Garden metro station
The Dilshad Garden Metro Station is a station of the Red Line of the Delhi Metro.
Station layout
Facilities
The station has the following facilities:
* ATM: PNB ATM near gate no. 1
*Toilet: Sulabh Toilet near gate no. 1
*Shop/Office: M ...
* RadheyKrishna Mandir - near Dilshad Garden
* Shani Mandir and Durga Mandir - Pocket P near Mukherjee School
* Shiv Mandir - Pocket O near O & P DDA Market Badrinath Mandir, Chetak complex.
* St Francis of Assisi Forane Syro-Malabar Catholic Church near GTB Hospital red light.
* Gurudwara - Pocket B
It also houses Catholic and Orthodox Churches near Tahirpur. This area has several mosques near J&K pocket, mosques opposite to M pocket.
Transport
Dilshad Garden is nearly 4 km from
Anand Vihar
Anand Vihar Terminal (station code: ANVT) is a railway station in the Anand Vihar locality of Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
This station was offi ...
Interstate Bus Terminus and Railway Station and about 3 km from Shahdara.
The closest metro stations are Dilshad Garden and Jhilmil on Delhi Metro's Red Line - well connected to all major lines: Pink, Green & Yellow line.
References
{{Neighbourhoods of Delhi
Neighbourhoods in Delhi
North East Delhi district
East Delhi district