Bengaluru

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Bengaluru

Total population

10,839,725

Air quality index

22Good

WeatherAvg high 83.8°F

Coordinates12.98°, 77.59°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bengaluru, also known as 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 8.4 million, making it the third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India. The Bengaluru metropolitan area had a population of around 8.5 million, making it the fifth most populous urban agglomeration in the country. It is located towards the southern end of the Deccan Plateau, at an altitude of 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level. The city is known as India's "Garden City", due to its parks and greenery.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Nandan Nilekani

Indian businessman

A

Anwar Hossain

cricketer

A

Arjun Kumar

Indian musician

A

Atlanta Nagendra

Indian screenwriter and director

B

Bangalore Gundappa Lakshminarayana Swamy

Indian writer

B

B. K. Hariprasad

Indian politician

B

B. Lewis Rice

British archaeologist and epigraphist 1837-1927

B

B. N. Srikrishna

Indian judge

B. R. Chaya

singer

B

B. S. Nagesh

Indian businessman

B

B. V. Radha

Indian film actress (1948-2017)

B

Balachandra Akhil

Indian cricketer

Balaji Narasimhan

Indian footballer

B

Bengaluru Puttaiya Radhakrishna

Indian geologist

Bank Janardhan

Indian actor

B

Barrington Rowland

Indian cricketer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Karnataka

• Electronic City
  10.6 mi away
• Jigani
  13.6 mi away
• Hoskote
  15.1 mi away · pop. 50,000
• Nelamangala
  15.4 mi away
• Sarjapura
  15.5 mi away
• Bidadi
  18.4 mi away
• Attibele
  18.4 mi away
• Anekal
  19.9 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Devanahalli
  20.5 mi away
• Harohalli
  22 mi away
• Doddaballapura
  22.1 mi away · pop. 70,000
• Maluru
  23.6 mi away · pop. 5,000

Browse all places in Karnataka →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bengaluru

Greater Than a Tourist - Bengaluru Karnataka India

Chaithra Mailankody · 2017

International Conference on Yoga, Naturopathy and Arogya Expo-2012

International Conference on Yoga, Naturopathy (1st 2012 Bangalore, India) · 2012

Bengaluru & Karnataka

- · 2008

Beṅgaḷūru Kempēgauḍa

Deve Gowda Javare Gowda · 1952

KARNATAKA SAMSKRUTIKA KALA PRATISHTANA, BENGALURU DR M PRABHAKAR JOSHI BHASHANA

M PRABHAKARA JOSHI · 2010

Ticket Bengaluru

Roopa Pai · 2008

Beṅgaḷūru nirmāpaka Keṃpēgauḍa

Kavitākr̥ṣṇa · 2011

Beṅgaḷūru jilleya itihāsa mattu purātatva

India) Beṅgaḷūru Nagara Jilleya Itihāsa mattu Purātatva (Seminar) (2011 Bangalore · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bengaluru, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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