- Cremation available
- Wood, Electric
- Electric unit
- Not recorded
- Open
- Usually 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM; one listing shows 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Confirm the timing before you travel.
- Wait at peak
- Not recorded
- Toilets
- Restrooms are listed for visitors.
- Waiting shed
- Waiting areas are listed for visitors.
- Hearse access
- Not recorded
The Delhi NCR conditions index
Delhi NCR Crematorium Planning Guide
Practical information about facilities, access and documents to help your family prepare before travelling.
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The index
Every ground,
as it actually is.
Compare the available facilities, access and documents, then confirm changing details before travelling.
- Cremation available
- Wood, CNG, Electric
- Electric unit
- Listed as working
- Open
- Open 24 hours. CNG and electric units run 06:00-22:00.
- Wait at peak
- 45-90 minutes on weekday evenings; longest after 18:00.
- Toilets
- Not recorded
- Waiting shed
- Not recorded
- Hearse access
- Limited. Hearse access is from the Ring Road service lane; cars are easier to leave near Yamuna Bazar and walk.
- Cremation available
- Wood, CNG
- Electric unit
- Not recorded
- Open
- 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM in summer (April-September); 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM in winter (October-March). Confirm on the day.
- Wait at peak
- Not recorded
- Toilets
- Not recorded
- Waiting shed
- Waiting areas are listed on the ground's website.
- Hearse access
- Parking is available; there is a multilevel car park at the crematorium on Ring Road.
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Delhi NCR Crematorium Conditions Index, Swargdwar. Retrieved 18 October 2026 from https://swargdwar.com/crematorium/
Why this index exists
Crematorium conditions in Delhi are an active civic story, and the reporting has had to rely on individual accounts because there has been no public record of what any given ground is actually like on the day. Families cannot check whether the electric unit at their nearest ghat is running before they set out, and reporters covering the beat have no source to cite.
That is what this guide is for. It is not a price list, and it deliberately carries no figures.
What is recorded, and what is not
For every ground we cover:
- Whether an electric unit is listed as available. A unit that has been out of service for a month turns an electric cremation into a wood one on arrival, at a different wait and a different cost.
- The expected wait at peak, where information is available.
- Facilities - whether there are working toilets and a covered place to sit. Families wait for hours, often with elderly relatives.
- Hearse access and parking.
- The documents families are commonly asked to carry.
No charges appear here. That is a deliberate decision, not an omission: no rupee figure appears anywhere on this site. What a ground costs depends on the cremation method and what is bought there, and the useful thing we can publish is who collects what - the municipal counter, the wood vendor, or a service like ours. Ask us on the call what your case comes to.
Before you travel
Timings, availability and waiting conditions can change. Call the crematorium or speak with Swargdwar before leaving, especially when an electric or CNG unit is required. A field for which information is unavailable reads "Not recorded."
Using this data
The index is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. You may reproduce it, including commercially, with attribution. Journalists, RWAs and researchers are welcome to use it; if a field looks wrong, please tell us so it can be updated.
We provide funeral services and publish this guide to make practical information easier for families to find.
What changed, and when
Changelog.
A source that visibly maintains itself gets cited again the next time the story recurs.
- 1 September 2026
First compilation. Delhi grounds only; NCR to follow.
If you are arranging a cremation now
We can take this from here.
The ground, the vehicle, the documents and the timing, arranged from one call. Tell us where your family is and we will explain the next step and what it comes to.