Rohini is a Sub City in North West district in Union Territory of Delhi,

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. It was the first sub-city project of

Delhi Development Authority The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is a planning authority created in 1957 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act "to promote and secure the development of Delhi". It is responsible for planning, development and construction of h ...

(DDA), which was started in the 1980s to provide a composite society for all income groups. Rohini is one of the 12 zones administered under the

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to an estimated population of more than 11 million citiz ...

.Zones
Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Geography

The neighbouring areas are

Pitampura Pitampura is an upscale residential area in North Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is located adjacent to Rohini. Pitampura is an upscale and affluent locality, in the North West Delhi district of Delhi, India. Property rates of Pitampura are ...

, Shalimar Bagh, Haider Pur, Mangol Puri, Sultanpuri,

Khera Kalan Khera Kalan is a census-designated town in the north district of the Indian territory of Delhi. Population In 2011, a report published by Census India stated that Khera Kalan had 1,539 households and a total population of 11,252. This include ...

Khera Khurd Khera Khurd is a census town in North West district in the Indian state of Delhi It is also known as Chota Khera. Narela is the nearest town and Rohini is the nearest urbanised area. Khurd and Kalan Persian language word which means small and ...

, Budh Vihar, Karala,

Kanjhawala Kanjhawala is the administrative headquarters of the North West district in the Indian state of Delhi. It is also a Sub-division of the North-West Delhi district. Demographics Kanjhawala had population of 10,331 of which 5,529 are males while ...

, Samaypur, Barwala,

Pooth Khurd Pooth Khurd is a village in North West district in the Indian state of Delhi.It's basically a Jat(Dabas) village in the north-west region of Delhi . Pooth Khurd is great village among the other villages in outer Delhi. Khurd and Kalan Khurd an ...

Kirari Suleman Nagar Kirari village is an urban village originally settled by Jat kings of Bharatpur State. It lies in the North West Part of Delhi. The surrounding area and some parts of the village itself are now heavily urbanized and industrialized although to ...

Pooth Kalan Pooth Kalan is a village located, near Sector 20, Rohini in North West district in the Union Territory of Delhi, India. It is basically a Solanki gotra Village inhabited by members of the Jat Community. The word, "kalan" in Persian means ...

, Mukarba Chowk and

Bawana Bawana is a census town founded by two Gaur Brahmins Kala and Thukrai in the North West district of Delhi, India. It houses the Bawana Fortress of Zail (also called Bawana Tehsil), a Zail headquarter built by the who were (chief) of Bawana Zai ...

Politics

Vijender Gupta Vijender Gupta (born 14 August 1963) is an Indian politician of BJP party from Delhi. He is presently a Member of Legislative Assembly from Rohini constituency and also a member of BJP's National Executive. In Delhi state elections 2015, he w ...

is the

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

for the Rohini Vidhan Sabha Constituency. The MP of Rohini (North-West Delhi) is Hans Raj Hans. The location has composite demographics with its inhabitants following different faiths and religions and speaking an array of languages including

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and Punjabi language

Transport

Rohini Heliport Rohini Heliport is a Heliport located at Sector 36, Rohini in Delhi, India. It is the first Heliport in India. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the new facility on 28 February 2017. The Heliport was proposed by th ...

owned by

Pawan Hans Pawan Hans Limited is a central public sector undertaking based at Noida in Delhi NCR, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It has cumulatively flown more than 1 million hours and has had ...

, was inaugurated by Union Civil Aviation Minister

Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician and the former Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government. A scion of Royal family of Vizayanagram princely state, he is the younger son of the la ...

on 28 February, 2017. The

heliport A heliport is a small airport suitable for use by helicopters and some other vertical lift aircraft. Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also have limited facilities such as fuel or hangars. I ...

, spread over 25 acres and situated a few kilometres away from the Rithala metro station, is the first of its kind in the country. It has three stations on the Red Line of

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 ...

: Rohini East, Rohini West and Rithala metro station. Rohini also has two station on the Yellow Line, the Rohini sector 18,19 metro station,

Samaypur Badli metro station The Samaypur Badli is a terminal station on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. It is an elevated station and is located in Samaypur Badli, Rohini Sector-18 in the National Capital Region of Delhi in India. The station was inaugurated on 10 No ...

making it one of

's major hubs.

Population and area

Rohini has a population of approximately 860,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 3,015 hectares. The sub-city is under active development, and is expected to expand to 7,548 hectares and 1.1 million people by the completion of the development project.

References

External links

Elected Members: Rohini Zone (Ward-wise)
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Rohini Sector 11 Pin Code
{{Neighborhoods of Delhi Neighbourhoods in Delhi North West Delhi district Cities and towns in North West Delhi district District subdivisions of Delhi