Noida
Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR). Situated in the floodplain region between the Yamuna and the Hindon rivers, the city was established in 1976, and is regarded as one of the most systematically planned cities in India. It was designed under the NCR planning strategy to decentralise growth from Delhi. The Gautam Buddha Nagar District, which includes the cities of Noida, Greater Noida and YEIDA City contributes, over 10% to the Uttar Pradesh GSDP, more than 2.5 times the state capital district of Lucknow, which contributes 4%.
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Worth seeing in and around Noida
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lotus Temple
The Lotus Temple, also known as the Baháʼí House of Worship, New Delhi, is a Baháʼí House of Worship at Bahapur in south Delhi, India. Designed by the architect Fariborz Sahba, it takes the form of a half-open lotus of 27 free-standing marble-clad concrete petals, arranged in three rings of nine around a central hall.
6.3 km · Bahá'í House of Worship in Delhi, India · Wikipedia - 02Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a multi-sports stadium located in New Delhi, India. It is named after the first Prime Minister of India.
8.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 03Purana Qila
Purana Qila is one of the oldest forts in Delhi, India. It was built by the second Mughal Emperor Humayun and Surid Sultan Sher Shah Suri.
8.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi is a state university located in Delhi, India. IIIT Delhi offers B.Tech., M.Tech.
5.4 km · state public university in South, Delhi, India · Wikipedia - 05Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia is a public research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in New Delhi, Okhla in 1935.
3.7 km · public central university in New Delhi · Wikipedia - 06Tughlaqabad Fort
Tughluqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, India. Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty and ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, constructed it in 1321 when he established the third historic city of Delhi.
8.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 07National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art is the premier art gallery under the Indian Ministry of Culture. The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore.
9.5 km · premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture, Government of India · Wikipedia - 08Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
The Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, commonly known by its former name National Stadium, is a field hockey stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named after former Indian field hockey player, Dhyan Chand.
9.4 km · stadium in New Delhi, India · Wikipedia - 09Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
The Indira Gandhi Arena, formerly known as the Indraprashtha Stadium, is located at the Indraprastha Estate in the eastern part of New Delhi, though part of Central Delhi, Delhi, India. It is the largest indoor sports arena in India and among the largest in Asia.
9.7 km · indoor arena in India · Wikipedia - 10Jahanpanah
Jahanpanah was the fourth medieval city of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by Delhi Sultan, Muhammad bin Tughlaq. To counter the persistent threat of Mongol invasions, Tughlaq constructed the fortified city of Jahanpanah, incorporating the Adilabad Fort, built in the 14th century, along with all the establishments located between Qila Rai Pithora and Siri Fort.
9.1 km · fort of forts · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
A scenic relief from Delhi, Noida is low on traffic and pollution (by Indian standards) and is dotted with parks and statues, none of them particularly noteworthy though. The city has done very well to keep up the green cover and the plantation of trees is done from time to time.
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Things to do
- 01Biodiversity Park
- 02Okhla Bird Sanctuary
DND Flyway (metro: Okhla Bird Sanctuary 8 ).
- 03Worlds of Wonder
- 04Noida Cricket Stadium
- 05Noida Golf Course
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Where to eat
Brahmaputra Market, This place is flooded with food vendors in the evening, and good veg & non-veg out there, Sector 29. Haldiram, The best quality food with great hygiene @ PVR Spice Mall and also a new Haldiram is open @ Noida electronic city entrance on the left side. Laxmi Coffee House, This is good old South Indian food joint. Cheap and tasty. Brahmaputra Market, Sector 29.
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Getting to Noida
- Airports
- Indira Gandhi (DEL), 22 km · Noida (DXN), 52 km · Maharaja Agrasen (HSS), 168 km
- Stations
- Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, 6.7 km · Anand Vihar Terminal, 8.8 km · Akshardham metro station, 6.6 km
- Gautam Buddha Nagar → Noida35 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · ₹300–375
- Hisar → Noida169 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ₹1,240–1,550
- Chandigarh → Noida245 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · ₹1,760–2,190
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Noida
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Noida. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTaxi, auto-rickshaws and cycle rickshaws are available for short-distance transport.
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Next door to Noida
Noida is 12 km from New Delhi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gautam Buddh Nagar districtdistrict of Uttar Pradesh, India7.9 km
- Indraprasthahuman settlement in India8.5 km
- East Delhi districtdistrict of Delhi, India8.3 km
- Chilla Saroda Bangarhuman settlement in India3.4 km
- Dallo Purahuman settlement4.1 km
- Gharolihuman settlement5.9 km