Administrative area Metropolitan Area in Karnataka, India
| Greater Bangalore | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Area | |
| Bengaluru metropolitan area | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Largest City | Bangalore |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan Area Authority |
| • Body |
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| Area | |
| • Urban | 748.42 km (288.97 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 8,005 km (3,091 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate | 14,008,262 |
| • Urban | 8,520,431 |
| • Urban density | 11,000/km (29,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 11,695,110 |
| • Metro density | 1,500/km (3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5.30 (IST) |
| Nominal GDP (2022-23) | ₹9.29 trillion (US$118.19 billion) |
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
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.
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
See also
References
- url="https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/top-10-listing/delhi-mumbai-or-kolkata-here-are-top-10-densely-populated-indian-cities-in-2024-9446056/"
- url="https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx"/
- Karnataka Economic Survey 2023-24" (PDF)
- "Notification at BMP website". 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
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