Ashok Vihar

Ashok Vihar is a locality in the North West district of Delhi, India. Situated along the Ring Road, Delhi, the area is divided into 4 phases.

Ashok Vihar
Neighbourhood
Ashok Vihar
Location in Delhi, India
Ashok Vihar
Ashok Vihar (India)
Coordinates: 28.6856°N 77.1780°E / 28.6856; 77.1780
CountryIndia
StateDelhi
DistrictNorth West Delhi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110052
Civic agencyNDMC

Education

There are several schools in Ashok Vihar which include Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Presidium School, Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Montfort Senior Secondary School, D.A.V public School,[1] Lions Public School, Prudence school and Maharaja Agarsain Public School. Also, two colleges namely Satyawati College and Lakshmibai College, affiliated to University of Delhi,[2] are located here.[3]

Parks and sports club

Ashoka Garden is located in Ashok Vihar. It is spread over an area of 70 acres (28 ha). 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 Major Dhyan Chand which was established in the year 1991 by Delhi Development Authority. It is spread over an area of 4.28 ha (10.6 acres). 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 Delhi Metro stations namely Inderlok, Kanhiya Nagar two of them situated on Red Line and Shalimar Bagh Metro Station on the Pink Line. Delhi Transport Corporation buses No 166 (Shalimar Bagh to Palika Kendra), 181(A) (Jahangir Puri to Nizzamudin Rly. Station), 142 (Jahangir Puri to I.S.B.T.) and 235 (Wazirpur J.J. Colony to Nand Nagri), 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 Ayurvedic dispensary has been set up by Government of Delhi. Also, C.G.H.S. dispensary is located here. Aam Aadmi polyclinic set up by the Delhi government is also located in the area.

References
  1. "Welcome to Montfort School Delhi". www.montfortschooldelhi.in. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "Home - University of Delhi". www.du.ac.in. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. "Satyawati College". University of Delhi website. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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