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{{short description|suburb of South West Delhi, India}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Janakpuri
| other_name = Janak Puri
| settlement_type = Suburb
| image_skyline = Janak Place Shopping Complex.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Janak Place Shopping Complex
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Delhi
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in India
| coordinates = {{coord|28|37|12|N|77|5|40|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Delhi]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[South West Delhi]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| government_type =
| governing_body = DDA
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 700,000 (Including all housing societies)
| population_as_of =
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 110058
| area_code =
| area_code_type = Telephone Code
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = CEO
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[CEO (Owner)|Sanket Khandelwal]]
| website = [https://janakpuridc.in/ https://janakpuridc.in/]
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 =
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] Constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Janakpuri
| blank3_name_sec1 = Civic Agency
| blank3_info_sec1 = MCD
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Member of Parliament]]
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Parvesh Sahib Singh]] (BJP)
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Rajesh Rishi]] (AAP)
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}}
[[File:Janakpuri District Center.jpg|thumb|District Centre at Janakpuri]]
'''Janakpuri''' is an affluent neighborhood in the [[South West Delhi district|South West district]] of Delhi, India. It is located near the [[Delhi Cantonment]] area and is accessible by road and [[Delhi Metro]] West .

==Locality==
The present geographical structure of the Janakpuri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

The Locality falls under Category 'D' of residential colonies in Delhi alongside other Category 'D' colonies of [[Delhi|National Capital Territory of Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Zones:Registrar Cooprative|url=http://rcs.delhigovt.nic.in/regcop/zones.html|access-date=2017-06-15|website=rcs.delhigovt.nic.in}}</ref>

The main commercial centre is the Janakpuri District Centre which houses various regional offices of companies and firms as well as shops selling food, [[apparel]], [[handicrafts]] and [[jewellery]]. A "crafts bazaar" within the complex sells handicrafts and home decor items.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sawhney|first1=Aakriti|title=One market for every pocket|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/one-market-for-every-pocket/story-uIUZsB5FGCkD6c1mmWAMsM.html|access-date=27 August 2017|work=The Hindustan Times|date=27 August 2011|language=en}}</ref>

Janakpuri is a part of the [[West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|South West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency]] along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments.

The [[Delhi Metro]] has three metro stations in Janakpuri ( [[Janakpuri West metro station|Dabri Mor-Janak Puri South, Janak Puri East, Janak Puri West]]), two stations on the [[Blue line and one station on Magenta Line]]. Also, Under the third phase, Janak Puri got a new underground station, Dabri Mor metro station near the DDA Park in C2 Area, on the [[Magenta Line (Delhi Metro)|Magenta Line]] (Janakpuri(W) - Botanical Garden) which has been opened for public on 29 May 2018. This corridor will have the first driverless train in Delhi Metro Network. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/Show_corridor_details.aspx?id=2|website=DMRC|title=DMRC - Janakpuri West - Kalindi Kunj}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/press_reldetails.aspx?id=eQM2nlig5R4lld | title=Kalkaji Mandir - Janakpuri West Metro Corridor Inaugurated for Passenger Services}}</ref> Janakpuri West Metro Station has been expanded to accommodate the new Magenta Line. Janakpuri West Metro Station has India's Highest Escalators. It is 15.6 meters high (equivalent to a 5 storey building) and 35.3meters long. <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/news_img.aspx?img=2018/5/10733DMRC_25_MAY_-1-17.jpg | title=DMRC : News Image}}</ref>

It is also connected by the [[Outer Ring Road, Delhi|Outer Ring Road]] to parts of Northwest and North Delhi like [[Rohini, Delhi|Rohini]], [[Pitam Pura|Pitampura]], and [[Wazirabad, Delhi|Wazirabad]] through elevated corridors.

The Hari Nagar Bus Depot is located in the vicinity. It is home to renowned schools like St. Francis de Sales School, SS Mota Singh School and Happy Model School along with DU College like Bharti College.......

==Tihar Jail==
The [[Tihar_Jail|Tihar Central Jail]] was set up in 1958 on the land of Tihar in Janakpuri. In the beginning, only one Central Jail was commissioned with the lodging capacity of 1273 prisoners. The prison population gradually grew and today as many as 11,000 inmates are lodged here. Tihar CJ is the largest prison complex in Asia. The prison complex has nine central jails apart from a District Jail at Rohini, which was commissioned in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tihartj.nic.in/tihar_jail.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706092243/http://tihartj.nic.in/tihar_jail.asp |archive-date=6 July 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Neighborhoods of Delhi}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Delhi]]
[[Category:District subdivisions of Delhi]]
[[Category:South West Delhi district]]

Janakpuri - Revision history

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