Greater Bangalore
Appearance
Greater Bangalore | |
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Bengaluru metropolitan area | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
Largest City | Bangalore |
Districts | |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan Area Authority |
• Body |
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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 | 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 ) | ₹9.28552 trillion (US$110 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
[edit]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
[edit]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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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.