Greater Bangalore

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Greater Bangalore
Metropolitan Area
Bengaluru metropolitan area
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CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
Largest City Bangalore
Districts
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan Area Authority
 • Body
  • Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority
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
[2]
8,520,431
 • Urban density11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi)
 •  Metro
11,695,110
 • Metro density1,500/km2 (3,800/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 and it including Bangalore as well as its neighbouring urban cities. It occupies an area of 741 sq km.

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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. [4]

Geography

The following are the Corporations and Municipal council areas were merged to form Greater Bangalore:

See also

References

  1. ↑ url="https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/top-10-listing/delhi-mumbai-or-kolkata-here-are-top-10-densely-populated-indian-cities-in-2024-9446056/"
  2. ↑ url="https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx"/
  3. ↑ Karnataka Economic Survey 2023-24" (PDF)
  4. ↑ "Notification at BMP website". 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.

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