Local businesses in Bengaluru
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 122
- Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospitals; Fortis Hospitals Limited, Bengaluru Urban; Victoria Hospital; Hosmat Hospital; Santosh Hospital; St Marthas Hospital; St. Philomena's Hospital; CSI Hospital; Manipal Hospital; Sparsh Hospital For Advanced Surgeries, Bengaluru Urban
- Hotels and lodges: 209
- Athaśrī Hotel Infantry Road; Vividus Hotel Bangalore; Hotel UT Elegance; Radisson Blu Hotel, Atria; The Sandesh Kingston; Vivanta Residency Road; Golden Residency; Locul Hostel Central; Oberoi Hotel; 37th Crescent Hotel
- Restaurants and cafes: 926
- Homiga; Kuuraku; Meghana Foods; Naru Noodle Bar; IDC Kitchen; La Bonita Confiteria; Foo; Kamat Vegetarian Restaurant; Karavalli; LUPA
- Banks: 324
- Karnataka Apex Bank; Sree Charan Bank; BNP PARIBAS; Corp Bank; ING; CSB Bank; City Union Bank; Citibank; RBL Bank; DCB Bank
- Schools: 162
- Sophia High School; Bishop Cotton Boys School; Bishop Cotton Girls School; Clarence High School; Nathaniel School of Music; Orchids The International School - Majestic; Sacred Heart Girls' High School; Vani Villas College; Mahanagara Palike HPS Neelasandra; Smt. Kamalabai Educational Institution
- Real estate agents: 15
- Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited; Nitesh Estates; Redwoods Projects Pvt Ltd; Samruddhi Realty Ltd; Sood Associates; Sri Sai Pinnacle; Tapovan Builders; Aurelia Estates; Green City Properties; MIMS Builders
Bengaluru facts
- District
- Bengaluru Urban district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 96,21,551 (65,37,124 in 2001)
- Area
- about 741 sq km, about 920 m above sea level
- Places nearby
- Cubbon Park (neighbourhood, 1 km), Cubbon Park metro station (namma Metro's Purple Line metro station, 1 km), Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (science museum, 1 km), Museum of Art & Photography (art museum based, 1 km)
- History
- The earliest known reference to the name Bengaluru is on a ninth-century hero stone at Begur, which records a battle in 890 CE.
- Culture and food
- Bengaluru is a major centre of Indian classical music and dance. Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Kathak and Odissi are all popular, and Yakshagana theatre is often staged in town halls.
- Geography
- Bengaluru lies on the Mysore Plateau at an average elevation of about 900 m and covers about 741 sq km.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.