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Ashok Vihar | |
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  Ashok Vihar Location in Delhi, India Show map of Delhi Ashok Vihar Ashok Vihar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:28°41′08″N77°10′41″E / 28.6856°N 77.1780°E /28.6856; 77.1780 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Delhi |
| District | North West Delhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 110052 |
| Civic agency | MCD |
Ashok Vihar is a neighbourhood in theNorth West Delhi district ofDelhi, India. Situated along theRing Road, Delhi, it is divided into four phases.
There are several schools in Ashok Vihar which includeMata Jai Kaur Public School, Prudence School,Kulachi Hansraj Model School,Montfort Senior Secondary School,DAV Public School,[1] Lions Public School andMaharaja Agarsain Public School. Also, two colleges namelySatyawati College andLakshmibai College, affiliated toUniversity of Delhi,[2] are located here.[3]
Ashoka Garden, is a district park and is spread over an area of 70 acres (28 ha). Other than Ashoka Garden, there are neighborhood parks in each block/pocket/phase, there are two major parks namely - Baba Chaudhary Khimman Singh Park and Picnic Hut.
In addition to these parks, there is a sports complex named afterMajor Dhyan Chand which was established in the year 1991 byDelhi Development Authority. It is spread over an area of 4.28 ha (10.6 acres). It offers various indoor and outdoor courts and a pool.
Apart from parks, there is a green belt that stretches from The I block of Phase-1 to the I-A Block.
Ashok Vihar is well connected through road and public transport. It has threeDelhi Metro stations namelyKeshav Puram,Kanhiya Nagar two of them situated onRed Line andShalimar Bagh Metro Station on thePink Line.Delhi Transport Corporation buses No 166 (Shalimar Bagh toPalika Kendra), 181(A) (Jahangir Puri to Nizzamudin Rly. Station), 142 (Jahangir Puri toI.S.B.T.) and 235 (Wazirpur J.J. Colony toNand Nagri), in addition Metro feeder bus service between Inderlok Metro Station toAzad Pur Metro Station is also available.
The main hospitals areMaharaja Agarsen Hospital, Jivodaya Hospital and Deep Chand Bandhu Government Hospital. AnAyurvedic dispensary has been set up byGovernment of Delhi. Also, C.G.H.S. dispensary is located here. Aam Aadmi polyclinic set up by theDelhi government is also located in the area. There are also a few private hospitals like Citizen Hospital, Nayati Sunderlal Jain Hospital and Dr. BD Attam Hospital and Medical Research Centre.