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Country
  
India

District
  
East Delhi

PIN
  
110 031

Nearest city
  
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

State
  
Delhi

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Lok Sabha constituency
  
East Delhi

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Gandhi Nagar is a middle-income commercial-cum-residential area in the East Delhi district of Delhi in the Trans-Yamuna area. It is most known for Gandhi Nagar Market, which is Asia’s biggest readymade garments/textile market. Gandhi nagar has a large number of shops and factories.

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Map of Gandhi Nagar, West Kanti Nagar, Seelampur, Shahdara, Delhi, 110031

Administratively it is one of the three subdivision of the East Delhi district (the others being Preet Vihar and Vivek Vihar) and one of the ten state legislative assembly constituencies under the East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency), presently represented by Maheish Girri.

The area is one of the most congested colony with a population of around 3.5 lakh. It has one of highest Muslim populations which are workers in the factory in the East Delhi constituency at 22%.

Residential colonies

It is surrounded by other colonies including Geeta Colony, Seelampur and Krishna Nagar. The colonies under this Assembly Constituency are:

  • Raghubar Pura Part I and Part II ( Sri Bhawani Devi Mahakali Mandir)
  • Mahila Colony

  • Chand Mohalla
  • Shanti Mohalla
  • Rajgarh Colony
  • Subhash Road
  • Ram Nagar
  • Amar Mohalla
  • Kailash Nagar
  • Nanak Basti
  • Old Seelampur village
  • Ghas Mandi
  • Subhash Mohalla
  • Ajit Nagar
  • Dharampura
  • Jain Mohalla
  • Krishna Nagar
  • Lal Quarter
  • Chander Nagar
  • Shankar Nagar
  • Jheel
  • Education

  • Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya
  • Geeta Bal Bharti
  • S.B.V. Rajgarh Colony
  • Gandhi Nagar Girls School
  • R.A. Geeta. Sr. Sec. School, Shankar Nagar
  • Chaudhary Malook Singh School, Jheel
  • D.A.V. Govt School
  • Sai Memorial Girls Sernior Secondary School
  • St. Lawrence Public School
  • Transportation

    To make road travel from Mayur Vihar Phase I to Gandhi Nagar traffic-signal-free, four major road infrastructure projects worth Rs.412 crore, including the Geeta Colony bridge were inaugurated in 2009 by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

    References

    Gandhi Nagar, Delhi Wikipedia