Hauz Khas Village

Hauz Khas Village is very different place in Delhi with lot of green area around the place, some heritage places, colorful birds around Royal Tank, a different sort of market full of art galleries, cafes & Restaurants etc. Spot-billed ducks in Royal Tank of Hauz Khas Village. There is a beautiful lake near Deer Park of Green Park, Delhi and lot of colorful birds can be seen around the lake. The Spot-billed Duck is also known as the Spotbill, is a dabbling duck which breeds in tropical and eastern Asia. It has three subspecies: the Indian Spot-billed Duck , Eastern Spot-billed Duck and Burmese Spot-billed Duck. Spot Billed duck is resident in the southern part of its range from Pakistan and India to southern Japan, but the northern subspecies, the Eastern Spot-billed Duck is migratory, wintering in Southeast Asia. It is quite gregarious outside the breeding season and forms small flocks.Hauz Khas village is a historic habitation around the region of the Hauz Khas Complex, dating to much before establishment of South delhi city. It existed as an urban village at the edge of larger Hauz Khas area, developed by DLF after the 1960s. The village area started getting modernized in mid-1980s when designer boutiques of fashion designer like Bina Ramani, started moving in.Then, in the late 1990s restaurants started coming up in the area, today it has around 40 restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes.

The success of Hauz Khas village has led to the development of Shahpur Jat and Lado Sarai as fashion and design markets and cafe's, restro & bar also in the South Delhi area.