Zirakpur
Zirakpur is a town in Mohali District, Punjab, neighboring Mohali, India. It is set on the foothills of Shivalik hills. It is part of the tehsil Dera Bassi. It is the gateway to Chandigarh from Delhi. This town is situated on the junction of national highways Himalayan Expressway, National Highway 5 (India) towards Shimla, Ambala Chandigarh Expressway towards Ambala and National Highway 7 (India) towards Patiala.
Areas nearby
- Dayalpura: The nearest area to the planned urban estate of Aerocity, IT city Mohali and Chandigarh International Airport. The 200 ft wide planned road through Dayalpura would connect Zirakpur directly to Besttech tower chauk in Mohali near Chandigarh border, shortening the distance of whole Zirakpur. There is a large chunk of shaamlat land, where govt has planned a Govt Medical College & hospital like GMCH 32. A top-class stadium for special sportspersons, a police station, a fire station, startup incubation centre, and a big municipal park are also planned here because of the need and demand. A new high-end market with ample parking is going to come up on 82 ft wide that would connect 'High Ground Road' to Airport Road and Aerocity. The area is a leading destination in attracting real estate investments in Zirakpur. HighGround road is becoming the next VIP road.
- Chatt: The Chattbir Zoo is famous all around northern India, and sees a large number of daily tourists. A lake is being planned adjacent Chattbir and Shatabgarh on the dam on river Ghaghar.
Sectors in Zirakpur
The colonies and villages falling in each sector are as under:
- Sector 1: Ravindra Enclave, Anand Vihar, Tribune Colony, Ram Leela Ground, Baltana Panchkula Road
- Sector 2: , Furniture Market, Sunny Enclave, Chandigarh Ambala Road
- Sector 3: Baltana Shiv Temple, Shiv Enclave, Ekta Vihar, Govind Vihar, Kalgidhar Enclave, Baltana
- Sector 4: Dikshant International School, Green City, Mamta Enclave, Lakshmi Enclave, New Generation Apartment
- Sector 5: Peer Muchalla till Old Kalka Road connecting Gazipur area
- Sector 6: , Dashmesh Enclave, The Hermitage Park, Vasant Vihar, Gulmohar Trend
- Sector 7: Gold Mark, Both side of Kalka Road, Adarsh Nagar, AC National Public School Royal City
- Sector 8: Police Station Bishanpura, Chandigarh Enclave
- Sector 9: , , Motiaz Royal Citi, Maya Garden City,
- Sector 10: Chandigarh Citi Center, Silver City, Nirmal Chaya
- Sector 11: and locality behind it
- Sector 12: Patiala Chowk
- Sector 13: Godown Area, Chandigarh-Ambala Road to Bhabat / Pabhat Village Road
- Sector 14: Swastik Vihar, Shiva Enclave, Bhabat / Pabhat Village
- Sector 15: Trishla City to Patiala Road, Highland Park, Aastha Apartments
- Sector 16: Around and Dayalpura
History
Public transport and traffic
Zirakpur is well connected through air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned local buses with Chandigarh, Panchkula and other neighbouring areas. The inter-state buses going from Chandigarh to Delhi, Patiala, Rajpura, Bathinda and most of the northern cities of Haryana pass through Zirakpur. Zirakpur is located on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway and the Patiala-Shimla highway. The nearest railway station is Chandigarh, which is around 7 km from Zirakpur. The nearest airport is situated in Chandigarh at around 5 km from Zirakpur.The Municipal authorities in Zirakpur have been under sharp criticism from the various resident associations of the area for not maintaining the roads and thereby leading to dangerous situations for the people commuting.
The process to divide Zirakpur into various sectors like Chandigarh has been initiated, as per the latest Municipal Council meeting. There has been a demand to name Zirakpur as "South Chandigarh", and sectors numbers starting from 201 onwards. This would give unique sector numbers to the whole Tricity, with Panchkula sector numbers starting from 301 and Mullanpur sector numbers starting from 401, thus making addresses short and removing confusion arising from the same sector numbers in adjoining towns.