Dashrath Puri

Dashrath Puri is a small colony consisting of around 1000 houses situated on Main Palam-Dabri Road in South West Delhi, India. Currently, this colony falls under Dwarka and West Delhi.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in India
  • Also known as: Dashrath puri

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sulabh International Museum of Toilets and Dashrathpuri metro station.

Museum
The in is run by the Sulabh International, dedicated to the global history of sanitation and toilets. According to Time magazine, the museum is one of the weirdest museums among the "10 museums around the world that are anything but mundane".

Metro station
The opened on 29 May 2018 for public on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. Dashrath Puri is part of Phase III of Delhi Metro.

Prison
, popularly known as Tihar Jail, are a prison complex in and are one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. There are 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palam and Janakpuri.

Suburb
is a major residential colony located in of , . It is one of 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the Delhi National Capital Territory in .

Suburb
Photo: Malhotanku, Public domain.
Janak Puri is an affluent neighborhood in the of Delhi, India. It is located near the area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro via multiple lines as well as train because of its nearest railway station at Delhi Cantonment.

Suburb
is a Class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is 10,452 acres and its population, as per the 2011 census, is 110,351. is situated 3½ km east of Dashrath Puri.

Dashrath Puri

Latitude
28.60376° or 28° 36′ 14″ north
Longitude
77.0878° or 77° 5′ 16″ east
Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN DRA
Open location code
7JWVJ33Q+G4
Geo­Names ID
11524811
Wiki­data ID
Q5226659
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In Other Languages

“Dashrath Puri” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Dashrath puri

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