Greater Bangalore
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Greater Bengaluru | |
|---|---|
| Bengaluru Metropolitan Area | |
 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Largest City | Bangalore |
| Districts | Bangalore Urban district |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan Area Authority |
| • Body | Bangalore Development Authority |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 748.42 km2 (288.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Estimate (2024)[1] | 14,008,262 |
| • Urban | 8,520,431 |
| • Metro | 11,695,110 |
| • Metro density | 16,000/km2 (40,000/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, including Bangalore and 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:
- Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
- 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 Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and above mentioned City Municipal Councils and Town Municipal Council.
- It is to be noted that all the above mentioned Municipal councils and villages other than the Electronic City Notified Area were merged with the Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in 2007 and was renamed to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike was replaced with Bruhat Bengaluru Padhikara as an umbrella organisation for a bifurcated Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on 15 May 2025.
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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.
