Okhla
Okhla, short for Old Canal Housing and Land Authority, is an urban neighbourhood located by the Okhla barrage in South East Delhi, near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: Neighbourhood in South Delhi, India
- Also known as: “Okhla Village”
- Address: D 158 B, Phase 1 Okhla Road, New Delhi, 110020
- Postal code: 110020
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jamia Millia Islamia metro station and Okhla Vihar metro station.
Jamia Millia Islamia metro station
Metro station
Photo: Santosh4118, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jamia Millia Islamia metro station is located on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro which was inaugurated on 25 December 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jamia Millia Islamia is part of Phase III of Delhi Metro, on the Magenta Line.
Okhla Vihar metro station
Metro station
Photo: Santosh4118, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Okhla Vihar metro station is located on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. It is located in Abul Fazal Enclave just behind Jamia Nagar Police station.
Okhla Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Photo: Akhilan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna River. It is situated in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border and known as a haven for over 300 bird species, especially waterbirds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Friends Colony and Shaheen Bagh.
New Friends Colony
Suburb
Photo: Rishabh Mathur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Friends Colony is a posh residential colony of South Delhi, India. It consists of A, B, C, and D Blocks. It is situated near the Uttar Pradesh border.
Shaheen Bagh
Suburb
Shaheen Bagh is a neighbourhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is on the U.P border and southernmost colony of the Okhla area, situated along the banks of the Yamuna.
Maharani Bagh
Neighborhood
Maharani Bagh is a residential area in South East Delhi, comprising several blocks and multiple markets. It is one of the most posh and upscale neighbourhoods of Delhi and is home to some of the most influential families from government and business. Maharani Bagh is situated 2½ km west of Okhla.
Okhla
- Category: locality
- Location: Defence Colony, South East Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.56366° or 28° 33′ 49″ northLongitude
77.28906° or 77° 17′ 21″ eastElevation
211 metres (692 feet)Open location code
7JWVH77Q+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 939182586OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Okhla” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Okhla”
- Bengali: “ওখলা”
- Chinese: “歐克拉”
- Dutch: “Okhla”
- Hindi: “ओखला”
- Kashmiri: “اوکھلا”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوخلا (هیندوستان)”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوخلا”
- Tamil: “ஓக்லா”
- Urdu: “اوکھلا”
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