Greater Bangalore
Metropolitan Area
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Core city	Bangalore
Districts	Bangalore Urban district Bangalore Rural district Tumakuru district (some Area)
Area
• Urban	741 km2 (286 sq mi)
• Metro	8,005 km2 (3,091 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Urban	8,520,435
• Urban density	11,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi)
• Metro	12,765,000
• Metro density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5.30 (IST)

Boundary of Greater Bangalore

Greater Bangalore, or Greater Bengaluru following the renaming of the city in 2014, is the core metropolitan area of Bangalore city and its neighbouring rurban lands. It occupies an area of 741 sq km.

History

In January 2007, 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.^[1]

Geography

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

• Bangalore City Corporation
• 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 Bangalore City Corporation and above mentioned City Municipal Councils and Town Municipal Council.