Shadipur Depot

Shadipur Depot
Country India
StateDelhi
DistrictWest Delhi
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Shadipur Depot is a residential and industrial area in West Delhi, named after nearby Shadipur settlement. This is also a depot for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). It is also known for the 'Baljit Nagar', were in Kathputli Colony, puppeteers, magicians, acrobats, dancers and musicians, and other itinerant performance groups have settled for half a century.[1][2][3]

Its neighbouring areas are Mayapuri and Naraina.

  1. ^ "Magic slum may vanish in puff of development smoke". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Show begins at Baljit Nagar". Indian Express. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
  3. ^ Shrager, Heidi J. (20 June 2008). "Postcard from Baljit Nagar: Magic Abounds in a Delhi Slum". TIME magazine. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.