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Greater Bangalore

Greater Bangalore
Metropolitan Area
Bengaluru metropolitan area
Country India
StateKarnataka
Largest CityBangalore
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 zoneUTC+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.

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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