Greater Bangalore

Administrative area

Metropolitan Area in Karnataka, India

Greater Bangalore

Metropolitan Area

Bengaluru metropolitan area
Country|  India
State| Karnataka
Largest City| Bangalore
Districts|

* Bangalore Urban district
* Bangalore Rural district
* Ramanagara district

Government

• Type| Metropolitan Area Authority
• Body|

* Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Area

• Urban

| 748.42 km2 (288.97 sq mi)
• Metro

| 8,005 km2 (3,091 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Estimate

(2024)[1]

| 14,008,262
• Urban

[2]

| 8,520,431
• Urban density| 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi)
• Metro

| 11,695,110
• Metro density| 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+5.30 (IST)
Nominal GDP (2022-23)| ₹9.29 trillion (US$118.19 billion) [3]

Greater Bengaluru is a metropolitan area in the state of Karnataka and it including Bangalore as well as its neighbouring urban cities. It occupies an area of 741 sq km.

## History

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In November 2006, the Karnataka Government issued a notification to merge 100 wards of the erstwhile Bangalore Mahanagara Palike with seven City Municipal Councils (CMC)s, one Town Municipal Council (TMC) and 111 villages around the city to form a single administrative area. The process was completed in April 2007.[4]

## Geography

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The following are the Corporations and Municipal council areas were merged to form Greater Bangalore:

* Bangalore City Corporation
* Bommanahalli City Municipal Council
* Mahadevapura City Municipal Council
* Krishnarajapura City Municipal Council
* Rajarajeshwari Nagar City Municipal Council
* Dasarahalli City Municipal Council
* Byatarayanapura City Municipal Council
* Yelahanka City Municipal Council
* Kengeri Town Municipal Council
* Electronics City Notified Area
* In addition, 111 villages adjacent to Bangalore City Corporation and above mentioned City Municipal Councils and Town Municipal Council.

## External links

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* BBMP Website in English
* Website of BBMP Wards
* BBMP Citizen Service Centers

## See also

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* Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike

## References

[edit]

1. ^ url="https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/top-10-listing/delhi-mumbai-or-kolkata-here-are-top-10-densely-populated-indian-cities-in-2024-9446056/"
2. ^ url="https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx"/
3. ^ Karnataka Economic Survey 2023-24" (PDF)
4. ^ "Notification at BMP website". 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.

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Bengaluru

History|

* Bangalore Cantonment
* Bangalore Fort
* Bengaluru Pete
* Chalukyas
* Hoysalas
* Kadambas
* Kempe Gowda
* Kingdom of Mysore
* Rashtrakutas
* Vijayanagara
* Western Gangas
* Tippu Sultan

Geography|

* Mysore Plateau
* Dodda Alada Mara
* Turahalli Forest
* Nandi Hills
* Kodachadri Hills

| Lakes|

* Agara Lake
* Arekere Lake
* Bellandur Lake
* Hebbal lake
* Hesaraghatta Lake
* Madivala tank
* Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar)
* Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka)
* Sankey tank
* Sarakki lake
* Varthur Lake
* Vibhutipura Lake
* Yelahanka Lake

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Civil
administration|

* Bangalore Agenda Task Force
* City Police
* Bangalore Development Authority
* Metropolitan Region Development Authority
* TRAI Bangalore Regional Office

| Municipal elections|

* 1989
* 1996
* 2001
* 2010
* 2015
* 2022

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Municipal
Corporation|

* Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
* Mayor
* List of wards in Bengaluru

| Wards|

* Yelahanka Ward
* Chowdeshwari Ward
* Attur Ward

| Defunct|

* 1989–1995
* 1995–2006
* 2009–2023

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Buildings|

* Attara Kacheri
* Bengaluru Palace
* Bangalore Town Hall
* Central Prison
* Chinnaswamy Stadium
* Daly Memorial Hall
* Karnataka High Court
* K. R. Market
* Nehru Planetarium
* Utility Building
* Vidhana Soudha
* Visvesvaraya Museum
* World Trade Center

Transport|

* Kempegowda International Airport
* HAL Airport
* Bangalore City railway station
* Bengaluru Cantonment railway station
* Yesvantpur Junction
* Krishnarajapuram railway station
* Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal
* Bengaluru Commuter Rail
* Namma Metro
* Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
* Kempegowda Bus Station

Roads|

* 100 Feet Road
* Avenue Road
* Bannerghatta Road (SH 87)
* Brigade Road
* Church Street
* Cunningham Road
* Hosur Road (NH 7)
* Inner Ring Road
* J C Road
* Kasturba Road
* Lavelle Road
* M.G. Road
* Mysore Road (SH 17)
* NICE Road
* Old Airport Road
* Outer Ring Road
* Peripheral Ring Road
* Tannery Road

Places of
worship|

* Bull Temple
* Dodda Ganesha Temple
* Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple
* Jnanakshi Rajarajeshwari Temple
* Halasuru Someshwara Temple
* ISKCON
* Kote Jalakantheshwara temple
* Kote Venkataramana Temple
* Naganatheshwara Temple
* Ragigudda Anjaneya Temple
* Ranganathaswamy Temple
* St. Mary's Basilica

Culture|

| Periodic events|

* Bangalore Fashion Week
* Bengaluru International Film Festival
* Bangalore Karaga
* Japan Habba

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Cinemas|

* Kannada films

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Sports|

* Bangalore Raptors
* Bengaluru Bulls
* Bengaluru FC
* Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Others|

* Bibliography of Bengaluru

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Groups|

* Bangalore Agenda Task Force
* Bangalore IT.in
* Linux User Group
* Birdwatchers' Field Club

Parks|

* Bannerghatta Biological Park
* Bugle Rock
* Cubbon Park
* Freedom Park
* Lal Bagh

Localities

North
Bengaluru|

* Abbigere
* Babusapalya
* Bagalur
* Banaswadi
* Chikkabanavara
* Devara Jeevanahalli
* Dollars Colony
* Ganganagar
* Hebbal
* Horamavu
* Hunasamaranahalli
* Jalahalli
* Jakkur
* Kalkere
* Kalyan Nagar
* Kammanahalli
* Kodigehalli
* Kothnur
* Lingarajapuram
* Mariyannapalya
* Mathikere
* Mathkur
* Muthyalanagar
* R. T. Nagar
* Ramachandrapura
* Sadashivanagar
* Sahakara Nagar
* Sanjaynagar
* Thanisandra
* Thindlu
* Vidyaranyapura
* Yelahanka

West
Bengaluru|

* Basaveshwaranagar
* Bharathnagar
* Dasarahalli
* Herohalli
* Kamakshipalya
* Kengeri
* Kumbalgodu
* Mahalakshmi Layout
* Milk Colony
* Nagarbhavi
* Nandini Layout
* Nayandahalli
* Peenya
* Rajajinagar
* Rajarajeshwari Nagar
* Ullalu
* Vijayanagar
* Malleswaram
* Palace Guttahalli
* Vyalikaval
* Yeswanthpur

Central
Bengaluru|

* Austin Town
* Bangalore Cantonment
* Bangalore Central Business District
* Bengaluru Pete
* Chamarajapet
* Chickpet
* Gandhinagar
* Richmond Town
* Seshadripuram
* Shivajinagar
* Vasanth Nagar
* Vivek Nagar
* Wilson Garden
* Cooke Town
* Cox Town
* Frazer Town
* Adugodi
* Halasuru
* Murphy Town

East
Bengaluru|

* Baiyyappanahalli
* Belathur
* Bellandur
* B. M. Kaval
* Brookefield
* CV Raman Nagar
* Domlur
* Dommasandra
* Ejipura
* Garudacharpalya
* G. M. Palya
* Hoodi
* Immadihalli
* Indiranagar
* Jeevan Bhima Nagar
* Kadugodi
* Kaggadasapura
* Kodihalli
* Koramangala
* Krishnarajapuram
* Kundalahalli
* Mahadevapura
* Marathahalli
* Murugeshpalya
* Varthur
* Vimanapura
* Whitefield
* Yemalur
* Ramamurthy Nagar

South
Bengaluru|

* Agara
* Ananthnagar
* Anjanapura
* Arekere
* Banashankari
* Basavanagudi
* Begur
* Bilekahalli
* Bommanahalli
* Bommasandra
* BTM Layout
* Carmelaram
* Chandapura
* Chikkalasandra
* Electronic City
* Girinagar
* Gottigere
* Hanumanthanagar
* Hebbagodi
* HSR Layout
* Hulimavu
* Ittamadu
* Jayanagar
* Jigani
* J. P. Nagar
* Kaggalipura
* Konanakunte
* Konappana Agrahara
* Kumaraswamy Layout
* Madiwala
* Padmanabhanagar
* Puttenahalli
* Shikaripalya
* Singasandra
* Suddaguntepalya
* Ramanjaneyanagar
* Taverekere
* Thyagarajanagar
* Uttarahalli

Institutions

Education|

* List of schools in Bangalore
* Bangalore International School
* Bishop Cotton Boys' School
* Baldwin Boys High School
* KV Hebbal
* Mallya Aditi International School
* National Public School, Indiranagar
* St. Joseph's Indian High School
* St.Germain High School
* Venkat International Public School

Higher
education|

* List of Bangalore colleges
* Acharya Institute of Technology
* Al-Ameen College of Law
* Bangalore University
* Bangalore Institute of Technology
* Bangalore Medical College
* B.M.S. College of Engineering
* Christ University
* Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
* Indian Institute of Astrophysics
* Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
* Indian Institute of Science
* Indian Statistical Institute
* International Institute of Information Technology
* National Institute of Fashion Technology
* National Law School of India University
* National College
* National Centre for Software Technology
* Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
* Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology
* University of Agricultural Sciences
* University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
* Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship

Hospitals|

* Apollo Hospitals
* Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals
* Fortis Hospitals
* HOSMAT
* Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health
* Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology
* Minto eye hospital
* Narayana Hrudayalaya
* NCBS
* NIMHANS
* Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics
* SDS Tuberculosis Sanatorium
* St. John's Hospital
* Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital
* Victoria Hospital

Industry|

* List of Bangalore telecom companies
* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

* Bengaluru portal
* Famous people
* Central business district
* Bangalore Rural District
* List of cities known as Silicon Valleys
* Tourist attractions
* Lakes
* Chola temples in Bengaluru
* Economy

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1. Tokyo
2. Jakarta
3. Delhi
4. Guangzhou–Foshan
5. Mumbai
6. Manila
7. Shanghai
8. Seoul
9. Cairo
10. Mexico City

11. Kolkata
12. São Paulo
13. New York
14. Karachi
15. Dhaka
16. Bangkok
17. Beijing
18. Moscow
19. Shenzhen
20. Buenos Aires

21. Los Angeles
22. Johannesburg-Pretoria
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24. Chengdu
25. Ho Chi Minh City
26. Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto
27. Lagos
28. Istanbul
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31. Tehran
32. Chongqing
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34. Xi'an
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36. Paris
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38. Luanda
39. London
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41. Lima
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