Greater Bangalore

Administrative area

Metropolitan Area in Karnataka, India

Greater Bangalore
Metropolitan Area
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Core city	Bangalore
Districts	Bangalore Urban district Bangalore Rural district Tumakuru district (some Area)
Area
• Urban	741 km² (286 sq mi)
• Metro	8,005 km² (3,091 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Urban	8,520,435
• Urban density	11,000/km² (30,000/sq mi)
• Metro	12,765,000
• Metro density	1,600/km² (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5.30 (IST)

Boundary of Greater Bangalore

Greater Bangalore, or Greater Bengaluru following the renaming of the city in 2014, is the core metropolitan area of Bangalore city and its neighbouring rurban lands. It occupies an area of 741 sq km.

History

In January 2007, 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.^[1]

Geography

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

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

References

^ "Notification at BMP website". 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.

Bangalore

History

Geography

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

Civil
administration

Municipal elections

1989
1996
2001
2010
2015
2022

Municipal
Corporation

Wards

Defunct	List of wards in Bangalore (1989–1995) List of wards in Bangalore (1995–2006) List of wards in Bangalore (2010–2020)

Buildings

Transport

Roads

Places of
worship

Culture

Periodic events	Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore International Film Festival Bangalore Karaga Japan Habba

Cinemas	Kannada films

Sports	Bangalore Raptors Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru FC Royal Challengers Bangalore

Others	Bibliography of Bangalore

Groups

Parks

Localities
North Bengaluru	Abbigere Babusapalya Bagalur Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Cooke Town Cox Town Devara Jeevanahalli Dollars Colony Frazer Town Ganganagar Hebbal Horamavu Hunasamaranahalli Jalahalli Jakkur Kalkere Kalyan Nagar Kammanahalli Kodigehalli Kothnur Lingarajapuram Malleswaram Mariyannapalya Mathikere Mathkur Muthyalanagar Palace Guttahalli R. T. Nagar Ramachandrapura Ramamurthy Nagar Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Thanisandra Thindlu Vidyaranyapura Vyalikaval Yelahanka Yeswanthpur
West Bengaluru	Basaveshwaranagar Bharathnagar Dasarahalli Herohalli Kamakshipalya Kengeri Kumbalgodu Mahalakshmi Layout Milk Colony Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Peenya Rajajinagar Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ullalu Vijayanagar
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
East Bengaluru	Baiyyappanahalli Belathur Bellandur B. M. Kaval Brookefield CV Raman Nagar Domlur Garudacharpalya G. M. Palya Halasuru Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevan Bhima Nagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Krishnarajapuram Kundalahalli Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murphy Town Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur
South Bengaluru	Adugodi Agara Ananthnagar Anjanapura Arekere Banashankari Basavanagudi Begur Bilekahalli Bommanahalli Bommasandra BTM Layout Carmelaram Chandapura Chikkalasandra Dommasandra Ejipura Electronic City Girinagar Gottigere Hanumanthanagar Hebbagodi HSR Layout Hulimavu Ittamadu Jayanagar Jigani J. P. Nagar Kaggalipura Konanakunte Konappana Agrahara Koramangala 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 Nitte Meenakshi Institute of 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