East Delhi: Dilshad Garden and Shahdara Colonies

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The busy East. Delhi has a lot of colonies on its eastern side and the clips shows the typical East Delhi setting. Location is outside the Jhilmil Metro Station. East Delhi (aka Trans Yamuna) is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the west, North East Delhi to the north, Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh state to the east, and Gautam Buddha Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh to the south. East Delhi has a population of 1,448,770 (2001 census) and an area of 64 km², with a population density of 22,638 persons per km². Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions: Gandhi Nagar, Preet Vihar, and Vivek Vihar. According to the 2011 census East Delhi has a population of 1,707,725, roughly equal t