New to Indianapolis (Lafayette, Carmel, Greenwood: apartments, neighborhood, best school districts)

[sudhakar.sankar]

Hi,
I'm new to Indianapolis area and I'm moving from South Carolina to Indianapolis by mid of Mar-2011. I'm having a family and my son, 3 yr, is going to preschool.

I would like to have a good Indian community rented apartment near to Plainfield & Greenwood. Can I have some good suggestion about the apartment and the price range (I'm looking for 2bedroom apartments).

Regards,
Sudhakar.

[Jillaceae]

I have a friend who might know the answer to your question. I'll ask her.

[sweetana3]

You might want to contact the India Association of Indianappolis, India Association of Indianapolis

They should be able to give you specific information.

Welcome to Indy. Other than the weather, I think you will be pleasantly surprised and enjoy our large Indian community.

[sudhakar.sankar]

Thanks Sweetana3 & Jillaceae.

Jillaceae, It will be great if you have any reference for that.

[Jillaceae]

My friend got back to me and recommended you contact the Sikhs she often works with in Greenwood. Regardless of whether or not you are Sikh, they should be able to provide very specific information on the Indian community on the south side. Click here for their website. I hope this is helpful!

[sudhakar.sankar]

Thanks Jillaceae. I'll check with the website and contact them.

[chalcedony]

Welcome to Indianapolis. The Indian community in Indianapolis is robust and growing. Greenwood in particular has a large Sikh population, as Jillaceae already mentioned. From what I hear, Carmel's community on the north side is relatively large as well. Not sure about Plainfield, but it's a western suburb, and the near west side of Indianapolis, particularly in the Eagledale neighborhood and around Lafayette Square Mall, seems to offer the highest concentration of Indian restaurants and stores. One other location that has a reasonably large population is Franklin Township, which is the southeastern portion of Indianapolis. I know they have Punjabi speakers in the Franklin Twp public school system, which is one of the best school districts in the city limits. Hope that helps.

[sudhakar.sankar]

Thanks chalcedony for your detailed information.

[domergurl]

There are several Punjabi school children in the Clark-Pleasant school system in Whiteland. You can also check this out:

India Association of Indianapolis

[McLaren]

As others have pointed out, the Sihk community has made a noticable impact in Greenwood and the south side overall, and a very positive impact I might add. But that's not to say there aren't Indian communities elsewhere in the city.