Kishangarh is an Urban village. The Village is located near

Vasant Kunj Vasant Kunj is a posh neighbourhood located in South West Delhi district, Delhi, India. Its nearest Metro Station is Vasant Vihar metro station. The area is home to several prominent personalities, one being the former prime minister of India, ...

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district of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

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, on the hills of Aravali, between Mehrauli and

. One extreme of Kishangarh is around 4 km from

Qutub Minar The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, which lies at the site of Delhi’s oldest fortified city, Lal Kot, founded by the Tomar Rajputs. It is a UNESCO Worl ...

in historic Mehrauli area. The other extreme is approximately 7.5 km from the

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of , is situated in Palam, Delhi, southwest of the New De ...

. Munirka is about 5 km, where the Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, connecting the main Vasant Kunj Marg with the Outer Ring Road forms its western boundary. Kishangarh comes under South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Mehrauli (Ward Name), 068-S (Ward Number). and the Mehrauli and there is no panchayat system in the village Delhi districts

Geography and climate

Kishangarh lies in the South West district of Delhi and, like the rest of the city, has a semi-arid climate with a significant difference between summer and winter temperatures. While the summer temperatures may go up to 46 °C, the winters can seem freezing to people used to a warm climate with near 2.5 °C. The soil of Kishangarh consists of sandy loam to loam texture. The water level has gone down in the recent past hovering between 45 m to 50 m due to rise in population.{{citation needed, date=February 2014

Notable Persons

1) Ishwar Singh Gandas Bhattewala (1945-2005) (Khap Pardhan 360 Mehrauli) from Kishangarh Village 2) Mahendra Singh Bhattewala (Mla Mahipalpur Vidhansabha Delhi 1998) from Kishangarh Village 3) Gordhan Singh Gandas Bhattewala (Khap Pardhan 360 Mehrauli) from Kishangarh Village

Public Transport

Nearest Metro Station : *

Chhatarpur (Delhi Metro) Chhatarpur is an elevated station on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. It is located in the Chhatarpur locality of the South West district of Delhi, India. Shree Adya Katyayani Shakti Peeth, popularly known as the Chhatarpur Temple is locate ...

Station on Yellow Line. Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses which pass from Kishangarh are: * 539 ( Mehrauli -

Nangloi Nangloi Jat or popularly known as "Nangloi" is a locality in West district in the Union Territory of Delhi in India, surrounded by Paschim Vihar, Delhi Outer Ring road, Najafgarh ''Hastsal ki Laat'' is situated at corner of Hastsal village n ...

) * 604 (

Station - New Delhi railway station) * 605 (Mori Gate -

Sector C-9) * 714 (

Badarpur, Delhi Badarpur is a historic town in South East Delhi district in Delhi. Badarpur is famous for its Badarpur Border bus terminal. It is also serviced by Badarpur Border station of Delhi Metro on Violet Line. The bus terminal and metro station have b ...

M.B Road -

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Harijan basti) * 715 ( Mehrauli - Mangla Puri) * 717 (

M.B Road - Shahabad Mohammadpur SMDP)

Accessibility

Kishangarh was largely considered to be a place cut off from the main city, but in recent years saw rapid progress in this aspect with the

Delhi Metro The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colour-cod ...

coming to close by Chattarpur and more bus routes added to the area by DTC. The transit to Delhi Metro station has also become easier via Metro feeder buses available at regular intervals. The distance between Kishangarh Village and some prominent areas within the NCT of Delhi/New Delhi are as follows: - * Kishangarh -

: 4 km * Kishangarh -

IGI Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of , is situated in Palam, Delhi, southwest of the New De ...

Terminal 7.5 km * Kishangarh - Dwarka Sub City : 11 km * Kishangarh -

Chittaranjan Park Chittaranjan Park (also known as C.R. Park) is an affluent and upscale neighborhood in South East Delhi and home to a large Bengali community. It was established on a rocky terrain in the early 1960s under the name EPDP Colony (East Pakistan Dis ...

: 13 km * Kishangarh - AIIMS : 14 km * Kishangarh - Lajpat Nagar : 16 km * Kishangarh - Connaught Place : 17 km * Kishangarh -

Rajouri Garden Rajouri Garden is a market and residential neighbourhood in West Delhi, India. The Main Market and Nehru Market are the key markets of the area. The population is largely Punjabi who migrated to Delhi, following the Partition of India, from Paki ...

: 18 km * Kishangarh -

Nizamuddin Railway Station Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (station code: NZM) is a railway station in South Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is one of the five main sta ...

: 20 km * Kishangarh - New Delhi Railway Station : 23 km * Kishangarh - Kashmere Gate : 25 km * Kishangarh -

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

: 27 km * Kishangarh - Rohini Sub City : 30 km * Kishangarh - Delhi Singhu Border : 48 km * Kishangarh - Bawana : 50 km The distance between Kishangarh Village and some prominent areas in the Delhi NCR region are as follows: - * Kishangarh -

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

: 15 km * Kishangarh -

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) o ...

: 27 km * Kishangarh - Faridabad : 33 km * Kishangarh -

Ghaziabad Ghaziabad () is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a part of Delhi NCR. It is the administrative headquarters of Ghaziabad district and is the largest city in western Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,729,000. Ghaziabad Muni ...

: 46 km * Kishangarh -

Greater Noida Greater Noida is a Planned community, planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city was created as an extension to Noida, Noida area under the ''UP Industrial Area Development Act, 1976''. ...

: 57 km The nearest

metro station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emergency eva ...

is at Chattarpur, situated at Andheria More on the arterial Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road which connects

to the suburban area of

Areas Near Kishangarh Village

* Mehrauli *

* Vasant Vihar * Munirka * Saket *

Mahipalpur Mahipalpur is an urban village, located in New Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Delhi Aerocity metro station is the nearest metro station. History The village dates back to the 11th cent ...

* Masoodpur

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