Nilothi is a small village of Shokeen Gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

 of Jats, near Nangloi Jat

Nangloi Jat

Nangloi Jat or popularly known as "Nangloi" is a census town in West district in the Indian state of Delhi, surrounded by Najafgarh, Bhadurgarh, Delhi Outer Ring road, and Paschim Vihar, and at one point mostly inhabited by the Jat clan...

, National Highway-10, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. The most interesting aspect of this village is that the whole village drives its lineage from a single father Ch.Alam Chand who got Nilothi in partition & his elder brother got Nangloi as his part. Alam chand settled in Nilothi in 1405. The jats of this village are further divided into four families.The written history of the village is available with the Bhaatt

Bhatt

Bhatt, meaning a priest or scribe in Sanskrit, is a surname common in most parts of India. A predominantly Hindu last name, it is found most commonly in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Kumaon and Garhwal in Uttarakhand, Doti, Karnataka, Kerala,...

, a clan of Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

s, who have been entrusted the job of writing history.The total land under this village is 4800 bhigha

Bigha

The bigha is a unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in Nepal, Bangladesh and in a few states of India including Uttaranchal, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan etc. The precise size of a bigha appears to vary considerably...

.People here have huge lands & farms inside & mostly outside of Delhi which makes them very rich.

This small village has produced one Member of Parliament and a many times councillor, Ch. Bharat Singh Shokeen ( -19 April 2008), ex M.P. Outer Delhi (1984–89) and one Member of Legislative Assembly namely Sh. Manoj Shokeen.

Nilothi Extension

Nilothi Extension is a group of colonies (residents of which are of all community but mainly Sikh and punjabis settling and living here in perfect harmony) near Nilothi. The people started settling here as early as since 1984.
Whole of these colonies are divided by a road of 3 kilometers starting and ending between Sayed Nangloi and Nilothi villages. This begun developing since 1984 which includes Vikas Vihar, Abchal Nagar I -II, Arya nagar, Bharat Vihar, Chander Vihar, Deepak Vihar, Dalip Vihar,Defence Enclave, Gram Sabha Colony, Guru Nanak Vihar, Gurunanank Enclave, Guru Gobindsingh nagar, Himgiri Enclave, Hukum Vihar, Kanhaya Nagar, Meera Kunj, Mahavir Enclave, New Har Kishan Nagar, Nihal Vihar phase 2, Ranjit Vihar,Shiv Enclave, Teacher (Shikshak) Vihar, Uday Vihar part I, II,III,IV,M blocks and Vikaspuri Extension. and very good village so peacefully clean village,nilothi ext,deepak vihar

Geography

The geographical situation of Nilothi and Nilothi Extension is best approachable with four side entries viz. Can enter 1) From Sayed Nangloi Village, 2)from Vikaspuri

Vikaspuri

Vikaspuri is a Upper Middle Class residential locality within Delhi, India. Started by the Delhi Development Authority in the 1980s, it boomed in population in the late 1990s....

 H Block, 3) From Najafgarh

Najafgarh

Najafgarh is located at the outskirts of the southwestern part of New Delhi, India.It has a mixture of Rural and Urban population from New Delhi and Haryana.-Overview:...

 road Nangloi and 4) From Hastsal

Hastsal

Hastsal is a census town in West district in the Indian state of Delhi, situated near Nangloi Jat area.-History:Hastsal ki Laat or Hastsal Minar, is situated at corner of Hastsal village in Nangloi Jat area, popularly known as the Laat, the 75-feet high minar was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan...

 Village (Uttamnagar side). These colonies have at the late drawn attention of the government bodies but main developments in the area have done. Main Road has been metalled. Side drains on main road are constructed .The making of streets roads have also constructed. Soon these growing colonies will take better shape in coming future,but Nilothi is almost developed & a clean village. Since it is surrounded by all leading markets & cities like Vikas Puri , Paschim Vihar , Mira Bagh etc. it owns one of the best geographical situations to live. Not only location but the village is very green & open...

The famous singer singer daler mehndi has it's farm house here & resides here only most of the time...

There is a temple in the village decorated beautifully from inside near Pradhan market which is build & constructed with the fund collected from villagers...

Also one of the interesting thing in this area is that, It is having one Ashram of Sant Thakur Singh Ji Maharaj since last three decades.Not only Indians, people from foreign countries are coming here to listen Holy Satsang from ancestors of Thakur singh ji Maharaj.