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Gurugram
City in Haryana, India

Gurugram

Gurgaon, officially named Gurugram, is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana.

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It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the national capital New Delhi and 268 km (167 mi) south of Chandigarh, the state capital. It is one of the major satellite cities of Delhi and is part of the National Capital Region of India. As of 2011, Gurgaon had a population of 876,969.

Get in

Getting to Gurugram

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport is just across the border of Gurugram, making it easily accessible for recreational and business travellers. Gurugram NR. A small station on the Delhi-Jaipur railway line, but it only receives about five trains a day. The station is near The colony bhim Garh Kheri Part 2. DTC and Haryana Roadways buses runs down National Highway 8 in Delhi.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Damdama Lake
  2. 02
    Sheetla Mata Mandir

    It is best to visit after rainfall and during winters.

  3. 03
    Dronacharya Temple

    A rare temple dedicated to the teacher Dronacharya in the Mahabharata epic.

  4. 04
    Aravali Biodiversity Park

    The park on the Aravalli Range includes a number of trails and a native plant nursery and interpretive displays at the entrance.

Do

Things to do

See movies DT Cinemas. DT City Centre and Mega Mall. Tickets would cost you around ₹150 on weekdays and as much as ₹200 on a big opening on weekends. Late shows too last show starts around 11PM! PVR. Sahara Mall (2 screens), Metropolitian Malls (9 screens), Ambience Mall (9 screens).

Eat

Where to eat

Bikanerwala (near Leisure Valley and in ILD Trade Centre). Great ambience and assortment of Indian dishes like chole bhature, lassi, kulfi, dosa, Chinese food, pizza. Indian cuisine is good, only vegetarian food is available. Try their Alphonso ice-cream in summers a very exotically-packed ice-cream inside a mango! Haldiram's. Sahara Mall GF/1F, MG Road, also at kherki Daula on NH-8.

How locals move

Getting around Gurugram the local way

  • Get inAlternatively, there is a small dedicated Gurugram-bound bus terminal at Karol Bagh near the unmissable 100-foot Hanuman statue, a five-minute walk west of Jhandewala Metro station or a short cycle rickshaw ride (₹10) from Karol Bagh metro station.
  • Get aroundStarting from the bus stop "IIT Gate" south of the IIT flyover of the Outer Ring Road in Delhi you can get all day and night (because of 24-hr service for call centres) jeeps and cars with yellow plates carrying you for ₹10 (Aug 2007) to places like the Bristol hotel or the IFFCO chowk.
  • Get aroundOther than that, the main option is cycle rickshaws, who are notoriously mercenary.

From Wikivoyage: Gurugram, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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