Gandhi Nagar is a middle-income commercial-cum-residential area in the

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district of

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in the Trans-

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area. It is most known for Gandhi Nagar Market, which is Asia’s biggest readymade garments/textile market. Gandhi Nagar has many shops and factories. Administratively it is one of the three subdivision of the

district (the others being Preet Vihar and Vivek Vihar) and one of the ten state legislative assembly constituencies under the East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency), presently represented by

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The area is one of the most congested colonies with a population of around 3.5 lakh. It has one of highest Muslim populations which are workers in the factory in the

constituency at 22%. It had been listed as a

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between 2016 and 2017 by the

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for selling counterfeit apparel.

Residential colonies

It is surrounded by other colonies including Geeta Colony,

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and Krishna Nagar. The colonies under this Assembly Constituency are: * Raghubar Pura Part I and Part II ( Sri Bhawani Devi Mahakali Mandir) Mahila Colony * Chand Mohalla * Shanti Mohalla * Rajgarh Colony * Subhash Road * Ram Nagar * Amar Mohalla * Kailash Nagar * Nanak Basti * Old Seelampur village * Ghas Mandi * Subhash Mohalla * Ajit Nagar * Dharampura * Jain Mohalla * Shankar Nagar * Jheel * Budh Bazar

Education

* Rajkiya Pratibha Vikash Vidyalaya * Geeta Bal Bharti * Tagore Public School, Subhash Mohalla * S.B.V. Rajgarh Colony *

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* R.A. Geeta. Sr. Sec. School, Shankar Nagar *

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* D.A.V. Govt School *

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* St. Lawrence Public School

Transportation

To make road travel from

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Phase I to Gandhi Nagar traffic-signal-free, four major road infrastructure projects worth Rs.412 crore, including the

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were inaugurated in 2009 by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

References

External links

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