Dilshad Garden

Dilshad Garden
District
Motto:  Satyameva Jayate
Anthem: Jana Gana Mana
Dilshad Garden Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°41′13″N77°18′50″E / 28.687°N 77.314°E / 28.687; 77.314
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	East Delhi
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) formerly a part of MCD, DDA
Elevation	216 m (709 ft)
Population
• Total	57,715
Demonym(s)	Dilliwale, Delhite
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	110095
Area code	+91-11
Vehicle registration	DL-1x-x-xxxx to DL-14x-x-xxxx
Civic agency	EDMC, formerly a part of MCD

Dilshad Garden is a residential area of East Delhi, which was planned and developed by Delhi Development Authority in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ^[1] It falls under the both Shahdara and Seemapuri constituency of the legislative assembly. Thus, a part of Dilshad Garden falls under MLA of Seemapuri Vidhansabha Shri Veer Singh Dhingan and its other part falls under the MLA of Shahdara Vidhansabha Shri Sanjay Goyal.

Housing within Dilshad Garden is divided into several blocks starting from A to R and several pockets A to SG. Every block has its own market and parks. Most of the residential development is in the form of New Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flats.

The deer park is a public park.^{[ citation needed ]} There is a weekly market at Dilshad Garden on Tuesdays. ^[2]

Education

Schools include Hansaraj Smarak School, Greenway Modern School and Red Cross Society School and colleges such as University College of Medical Sciences and the Florence Nightingale College of Nursing. Medical facilities include Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Swami Dayanand Hospital and Jivan Jyoti Hospital right next door.

Religious centres

• Ayyappa Temple - Opposite of Pocket R.
• Digamber Jain Mandir, R Block
• Durga Mandir - Pocket R Block nearest temple walking distance from Jhilmil metro station
• Gauri Shankar Mandir - the nearest temple within walking distance from Dilshad Garden metro station
• RadheyKrishna Mandir - near Dilshad Garden
• Shani Mandir and Durga Mandir - Pocket P near Mukherjee School
• Shiv Mandir - Pocket O near O & P
• Badrinath Mandir, DDA Market Chetak complex.
• St Francis of Assisi Forane Syro-Malabar Catholic Church near GTB Hospital red light.

Transport

Dilshad Garden is nearly 4 km from Anand Vihar Interstate Bus Terminus and Railway Station and about 3 km from Shahdara.

The closest metro stations are Dilshad Garden and Jhilmil on Delhi Metro's Red Line - well connected to all major lines: Pink, Green & Yellow line.

Pedestrian Overpass from Jhilmil Metro Station to Dilshad Garden, as it crosses the Grand Trunk Road, February 2009.

References

1. "Is Dilshad Garden a Good Investment in 2025? Here's What You Should Know". Times Property. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
2. Sreelata ; Narasimham, N V ; Gupta, M K .; Narasimham, N V; Gupta, M K (January–June 2017). "Consumer Buying Behaviour Pattern in Retail". Journal of Marketing Vistas. 7 (1): 19–35. ProQuest   1957103744.