Sagar Pur

Sagar Pur
town
Country  India
State Delhi
District suroeste Delhi
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituency Este Delhi
 • Vidhan Sabha constituency Dwarka
Languages
 • Official Hindi, inglés
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 110046
Telephone code 011
Vehicle registration DL-4S, DL-4C, DL-9C, DL-9S
Literacy 82%

Sagarpur is a developing posh residential neighborhood in the West Delhi district of National Capital Territory of Delhi.[1] It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and Janakpuri C Block and is easily accessible by road and Delhi Metro. It is equipped with all the basic reuirements with time like community centre, petrol pump, metro station, bus stand, college, coaching institutes, hospitals, medical stores, etc. It is not as famous because it is a small part of Dwarka. Sagar Pur is divided into small regions: East Sagarpur, West Sagarpur, Main Sagarpur, Indirapark Palam Colony, Vashist Park, Durga Park.

A Delhi suburb that is developing significantly since the 1980s, most of the houses are built privately.

Neighbourhood

Sagar Pur is strategically located and very well connected to other colonies of New Delhi such as Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dabri, New Delhi, Dwarka Sub City, Delhi Cantonment as well as the Indira Gandhi International Airport & Gurgaon (via Dwarka Sub City).

Planning and location

Sagarpur is divided into smaller regions: East Sagarpur, West Sagarpur, Main Sagarpur, Indirapark Palam Colony, Vashist Park, Durga Park, and has blocks ranging from A to M, with street numbers assigned in each block. The area is a modern part of the city or urban area, has a lot of modern buildings, proper drainage, and water supply system, a nearby hospital, kids zone, walking distance community center (Janak Cinema), metro station and public transports are just 5mins away. Until recent years, private house ownership has now seen a shift to flat ownership due to increase in property rates of the area. Development of this area is at its peak and in coming years buying a property won't be that easy like any other posh area of Delhi.

Politics

Sagarpur has always been crucial to active politics since this colony was made three decades ago. In 1993, when Delhi held its first state election for the 70 MLA seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Indian National Congress party by grabbing 49 seats. Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma was the first MLA who got elected from Nasirpur Constituency on BJP seat. Indian National Congress leader Mr. Mahabal Mishra won three consecutive elections in 1998, 2003 & 2008 from the seat, and was later elected as the Member of Parliament of the area in Indian general election, 2009 from West Delhi. In 2009 by-elections, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mr. Pradyumn Rajput won the seat. Currently this seat is occupied by Adarsh Shastri from Aam Aadmi Party.[1]

People

Although it is a small colony but people from different parts of India live here. Population density mainly consist of people from Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Uttrakhand.

This colony was unauthorized in its earlier stages, as it was made on the agricultural land of Nasirpur & Dabri villages. It is now gaining recognition as an educational hub as the number of students studying in some of the engineering & professional colleges like Hindustan College, IITM, IETE, MERI, Bharti College, etc. live here as tenants.

Accessibility

  • Sagarpur has a robust and well-connected road network and one of the most well-connected colonies in South-West Delhi area.
  • The nearest metro station is Dabri (1  km).
  • Major DTC Bus Routes connecting Sagarpur to the rest of the city are 703,711,720,721,724,740,753,778,783,794,803,832,850,853,879, RL-75, RL-77, RL-79, (+)(-) Outer Mudrika etc. In addition to this, there are other RTVs & Metro feeder vehicles operating at lower frequencies.
  • DTC Bus Route no. 721, 724, 740 & RL-77 are the most frequent bus services from Sagarpur to ISBT (Kashmere gate), Nehru Place, ISBT (Anand Vihar), New Delhi Railway Station respectively.

Places of worship

Sagarpur has few temples, gurdwaras, mosques, Churches and other places of worship. Most popular of them is the Gufa wala Mandir that is claimed to be the oldest temple in the area and people from different parts of Delhi visit it for "yagya" and "astrological corrections". Baba BalakNath Mandir situated in Gali no. 3 Shankar Park is another old religious temple. Other prominent temples include Shyam Mandir and Prachin Kali mata mandir. Shyam Mandir situated in no. 3 is also a prominent temple in West Sagarpur.The "Firdos" mosque is situated in Jagdamba Vihar which is around 35 years old.

Health

Mostly private setup cater these areas. Prominent among them are:

  • Kesar Nursing Home
  • Shakuntla Hospital
  • Dr. Mahavir Homeo Clinic
  • Dr. Juneja's General Clinic
  • Ansari Hospital

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Delhi Elections Results 2013". elections.in. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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