Derawal Nagar

Derawal Nagar
Neighborhood of Delhi
Derawal Nagar is located in Delhi
Derawal Nagar
Derawal Nagar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°41′51″N 77°11′22″E / 28.6974°N 77.1895°E / 28.6974; 77.1895
Country India
StateDelhi
DistrictNorth Delhi
Government
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation Of Delhi
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110009
Nearest cityShahdara / Loni
Lok Sabha constituencyNorth West Delhi
Civic agencyMCD

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

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.


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