Ashok Vihar is a posh locality in the North West district of

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. Situated along the

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, the area is divided into 4 phases.

Education

There are several schools in Ashok Vihar which include

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, Prudence School,

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, Montfort Senior Secondary School,

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, Lions Public School and Maharaja Agarsain Public School. Also, two colleges namely

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and Lakshmibai College, affiliated to

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, are located here.

Parks and sports club

Ashoka Garden, is a district park and is spread over an area of . Other than Ashoka Garden, there are neighborhood parks in each block/pocket/phase, there are two major parks namely - Baba Chaudhary Khimman Singh Park and Picnic Hut. In addition to these parks, there is a sports complex named after

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which was established in the year 1991 by

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. It is spread over an area of . It offers various indoor and outdoor courts and a pool. Apart from parks, there is a green belt that stretches from The I block of Phase-1 to the I-A Block.

Transport

Ashok Vihar is well connected through road and public transport. It has three

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stations namely Keshav Puram, Kanhiya Nagar two of them situated on Red Line and

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on the Pink Line.

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buses No 166 (Shalimar Bagh to

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), 181(A) (Jahangir Puri to Nizzamudin Rly. Station), 142 (Jahangir Puri to I.S.B.T.) and 235 ( Wazirpur J.J. Colony to

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), in addition Metro feeder bus service between Inderlok Metro Station to Azad Pur Metro Station is also available.

Hospitals and dispensaries

The main hospitals are Maharaja Agarsen Hospital, Jivodaya Hospital and Deep Chand Bandhu Government Hospital. An

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dispensary has been set up by

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. Also, C.G.H.S. dispensary is located here. Aam Aadmi polyclinic set up by the

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is also located in the area. There are also a few private hospitals like Citizen Hospital, Nayati Sunderlal Jain Hospital and Dr. BD Attam Hospital and Medical Research Centre.

References

Map of Ashok Vihar
{{Neighborhoods of Delhi Neighbourhoods in Delhi North West Delhi district