Derawal Nagar

Derawal Nagar
Neighborhood of Delhi
Derawal Nagar Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°41′51″N77°11′22″E / 28.6974°N 77.1895°E / 28.6974; 77.1895
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	North Delhi
Government
• Body	Municipal Corporation Of Delhi
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	110009
Nearest city	Shahdara / Loni
Lok Sabha constituency	North West Delhi
Civic agency	MCD

Derawal Nagar is a neighbourhood in North Delhi. It is named after people of the Derawal community. Originally native to the Derajat region (districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan in present-day Pakistan). These individuals, who are mostly Hindu, were settled here after the partition of India in 1947. It comprises two blocks A and B. ^[1]

See also

• Dera Ghazi Khan
• Dera Ismail Khan
• Derajat
• Derawal
• Saraiki language
• Derawali dialect

References

1. Subhasish, Dasgupta (2013). Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking. Information Science Reference. p. 74. ISBN   978-1-4666-4023-8.