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Derawal Nagar

Coordinates:28°41′51″N77°11′22″E/ 28.6974°N 77.1895°E/28.6974; 77.1895
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Derawal Nagar
Derawal Nagar is located in Delhi
Derawal Nagar
Derawal Nagar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates:28°41′51″N77°11′22″E/ 28.6974°N 77.1895°E/28.6974; 77.1895
CountryIndia
StateDelhi
DistrictNorth Delhi
Government
• BodyMunicipal Corporation Of Delhi
Languages
• OfficialHindi,English
Time zoneUTC+5:30(IST)
PIN
110009
Nearest cityShahdara/Loni
Lok SabhaconstituencyNorth West Delhi
Civic agencyMCD

Derawal Nagaris a neighbourhood in NorthDelhi.It is named after people of theDerawalcommunity. Originally native to theDerajatregion (districts ofDera Ismail KhanandDera Ghazi Khanin present-dayPakistan). These individuals, who are mostlyHindu,were settled here after thepartition of Indiain 1947. It comprises two blocks A and B.[1]

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  1. ^Subhasish, Dasgupta (2013).Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking.Information Science Reference. p. 74.ISBN978-1-4666-4023-8.