Palam

Palam पालम
Suburb
Palam Railway Station
Palam Location in India
Coordinates: 28°35′21″N 77°5′9″E / 28.58917°N 77.08583°E / 28.58917; 77.08583Coordinates: 28°35′21″N 77°5′9″E / 28.58917°N 77.08583°E / 28.58917; 77.08583
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	South West Delhi
Government
• Body	DDA
Population (2011)
• Total	200,000 - Including Village and Cooperative Housing societies
Languages
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	110045
Telephone code	011
Lok Sabha constituency	South Delhi
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Palam
Civic agency	DDA

Palam is a major suburb and residential colony in South West Delhi. The Indira Gandhi International Airport, formerly known as Palam Airport, the main airport of National Capital Region is situated here.It is one of 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the Delhi National Capital Territory in northern India.

Palam finds reference in the Persian Sarcastic verse, Sultanat-e-Shah-e-Alam, Az Dilli ta Palam, meaning 'The dominion of Emperor Shah Alam, begins from Delhi and ends at Palam'. This indicates that Palam existed during the rule of Mughal Empire in India.

Palam is Situated 20 km Southwest to the New Delhi City Center. It is Surrounded by Dwarka, Janakpuri and Delhi Cantt. Palam comes in the Dwarka Sub-division of South West Delhi District.

Palam is made up of an estimated five percent Jat, 15 percent Pandit, 5 percent Scheduled Caste, 40 percent Uttarakhandi, five percent Yadav, 30 percent Other Castes.

Palam lies in the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency from where Ramesh Bidhuri from BJP is the MP. In Delhi Legislative Assembly Bhavna Gaur from AAP is the MLA from Palam. The complete Palam area consisting of wards Mahavir Enclave (147), Mangla puri (130), Palam (145), Rajnagar (142) and Saad Nagar (146) comes in the Najafgarh zone of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.