Pitampura is a residential area in North West Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is a planned neighbourhood developed by the DDA in the 1980s, and Pitampura TV Tower, was built in 1988. Dilli Haat Pitampura is also situated near the TV tower. Situated West -part of Delhi, it is an upscale residential, commercial and retail centre. The area is encompassed between Outer and Inner Ring Roads, NH-1 and Rohtak Road. It has two wards, Pitampura and Pitampura North, under the Rohini zone of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
It is home to many government servants from central administrative services. This locality got its name from the "Pitampura Village" located near Madhuban Chowk, this village's history is around 400–500 years old. It was developed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in 1980s.
Pitampura also has plotted houses developed by the DDA . North Pitampura is divided into AU, BU, CU, DU, EU, F1U, GU, HU, JU, KU, LU, MU, NU, PU blocks etc. and it also has Co-Operative housing societies like Maurya Enclave, Saraswati Vihar, Lok Vihar, Deepali Enclave, Pushpanjali Enclave, Tarun Enclave, Vasudha Enclave, Rajdhani Enclave,"'Chanderlok Enclave"', Sainik Vihar, Vishakha Enclave, Maurya Enclave, West Enclave etc. In addition, there are plenty of flatted societies like Rajasthali Apartments, Mandakini Apartments, Madhuban Apartments,Income Tax Colony, Ashiana, Xavier Apartments, Vidya Vihar.
Pitampura also attracts people from all over Delhi for shopping due to many high class brands present and presence of Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, a place to hang out. It is also a hub to many jewellery shops like Tanishq, Kalyan jewelers, PC Jewelers, etc.
Accessibility
As many as three Delhi Metro Stations - Netaji Subhash Place, Kohat Enclave and Pitampura, cover this locality.
It is very close to Rohini, Model Town, Shalimar Bagh, Punjabi Bagh, Ashok Vihar, Lawrence Road areas.
Pitampura has many housing colonies like SD-Tower Apartments (known for the largest Super HIG flats by DDA and also for its nearness
to Netaji Subhash district center and TV Tower), Vaishali, Saraswati Vihar (the largest colony of Pitampura), Lok Vihar, Ajay Apartments, Apna Ghar Society,
Bank Vihar, I.D.P.L. Colony, Kohat Enclave, Rohit kunj, Sandesh vihar, Jhulelal Apartments, Engineer's Enclave, Harsh Vihar, Kapil Vihar, Vishakha Enclave,
Maurya Enclave etc. These societies have various facilities like community centres, central parks and parking lots.
Education
Several schools, colleges and vocational training institutes are growing in number here. One of those big ones is Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, popular for Bachelor of Business Economics (BBE), Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics and Keshav Mahavidyalaya, popular for Bachelor of Psychology & Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) and the other is Kasturba Polytechnic For Women. Students across the country come here for higher studies.
- Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies
- Delhi School of Business (VIPS Technical Campus)
- Management Studies:Magnum Opus School of Business Studies, Netaji Subhash Place
- Jagannath Institute of Management Studies
- Schools: Rukmini Devi Public School, St.Stephens School Pitampura, Kendriya Vidyalaya TP Block Pitampura, DAV Public School Pushpanjali Enclave, Apeejay School, Pitampura, Delhi, Maxfort School, Pitampura, Delhi Bal Bharati Public School,Pitampura, S.D public school, Darbari Lal DAV Model School, Guru Nanak Public School, KIIT World School, Sachdeva Public School, Abhinav public school, Delhi Public School, Rohini, VMC, FIITJEE, Career Launcher ,Aakash Institute, Clat Possible and many more
Shopping And Entertainment
With the advent of shopping malls and retail outlets of world-renowned brands and designer labels, like Gold Souk, Pacific Mall, M2K Cinemas, PVR, Fun Republic, Pitampura has developed really well, resulting in a skyrocketing of the real estate prices in the area. Pitampura also has some High-Class hotels like "Hotel City Park" and even otherwise. Also, Netaji Subash Place (NSP), which is a hangout hub for Delhiites comes under Pitampura.