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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. It occupies an area of 741 sq km.
This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India.As per the Constitution of India, a metropolitan area is defined as an area having a population of 10 lakh or more, comprised in one or more districts, and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by a public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
BBMP Tower near Corporation Circle, Bangalore. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) pronounced [ˈbɾ͜ɯhɐt̪ bengɐˈɭuːru mɐˈhɑːnɐgɐɾɐ 'pɑːlike] ⓘ is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. [2]
Bengaluru (Kannada : Beṅgaḷūru ⓘ), formerly called Bangalore, is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.As per the 2011 census, the city had a population of more than 8.4 million, making it the third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India.
English: Location map of Bangalore. Location map of Bengaluru. This map of Bangalore was created using base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. 13.12°N; 12.83°N; 77.42°E; 77.73°E
Name Image Summary Cantonment area : The Cantonment area in Bangalore was used as a military cantonment during the British Raj in the 19th century. After the Indian independence, the area merged with rest of the city but still retains names for localities and streets used by the British as well as the colonial architecture in many buildings.
It is now a major part of Greater Bangalore. Whitefield is Bengaluru's first tech corridor to be connected by Namma Metro . The locality is named after David Emmanuel Starkenburgh White, founder of the European and Anglo Indian Association which received 4,000 acres of land from Mysore Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar in the 19th century.
The region comprising the Bangalore Urban and Rural districts is known as the Bangalore (region). The Government of Karnataka has carved out the new district of Ramanagara from the old Bangalore Rural district. In the 16th century, Kempe Gowda I constructed many lakes to meet Bangalore's water requirements.