Local businesses in Bengaluru
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 331
- SatSure Analytics India Pvt Ltd; Apple; Access to Tokyo; Counselect; Morph Design Company; Planvisage Software Solutions; Sublime House of Tea; Loungeon Ventures LLP; Pure Storage India; AMD
- Colleges and universities: 77
- Nrupathunga University; United Theological College; St Josephs College of Commerce; University Law College; University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering; Government SKSJ Technology Institute; Karnataka Judicial Academy; National Tuberculosis Institute; SJR College of Law; Sheshadripuram College
- 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
- Clothing shops: 359
- Columbia; Threadworks; Faye; Forever New; Baboosh; Cocopelee; Cotton world; Fashion Zone; Favourite Shop; Fazals
- Banks: 324
- Corp Bank; ING; CSB Bank; City Union Bank; Citibank; RBL Bank; DCB Bank; Standard Chartered; Dena Bank; AU Small Finance Bank
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 95
- Aditya & Co. Advocates; Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; Jerome D'Souza & Associates; The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd; DAA Capital Pvt Ltd; Inventus Law; United India Insurance Co. Ltd.; DSK Legal; Holla & Holla Advocates; Chaitra Investments
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)
- 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.
- 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.
- Education
- Bengaluru is a major education hub, with a literacy rate of about 90 per cent in the 2011 Census.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.