Vimanapura
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Vimanapura or Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura is an eastern suburb of
History
Old Baiyyappanahalli, a village in Bangalore South Taluk, was called as Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval populated with 2742 inhabitants (1429 Male and 1313 Female) in 1981 and was considered as uninhabited during 1991 Census. It was merged with Vimanapura (which was then called as Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura) which hosted 11441 citizens (6157 Male and 5284 Female) in 1981. Baiyyappanahalli NMCT (Non Municipal Census Town) consisted of Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval, Benniganahalli and Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura and was a home to 14905 persons (7873 Male and 7032 Female) during 1991 Census.[1][2][3]
In January 2007, the Karnataka Government issued a notification to merge the areas under then
Village Name | Area in Hectares (1961) | 1971 | Population (1961) | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura | 387 | 156.64 | 1619 | 2361 | 11441 | |||
Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval | 257 | 93.26 | - | 4450 | 2742 | |||
Benniganahalli | 779 | 1180 | 2795 | 5772 | ||||
Baiyyappanahalli (NMCT) | 14905 | 16360 | BBMP |
Transport
Metro station
Baiyappanahalli metro station is the eastern terminal point on the east–west corridor of the Namma Metro in Bangalore, India.[12] Baiyappanahalli also hosts the Coaching depot for Metro service.[13]
It is about 7 miles east of the old center of Bangalore.
Its name is Sanskrit for "Airplane Town"; see Vimana.
Many businesses are based there.
The Indian Air Force has a base there.
It is well connected by many
Other localities which are part of the Vimanapura area are Annasandrapalya, Basava Nagar, Islampura, Jagadish Nagar, Jyothi Nagar, Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (L. B. Shastri Nagar), Nellurupura, Ramesh Nagar, Reddypalya and Vibhutipura. L. B. Shastri Nagar has many apartments and has a park (Uthkarsh park). The park is privately maintained by the Uthkarsh community who are a group of individuals dedicated to making a positive difference to the surrounding civic conditions.
Examples of organizations with premises in Vimanapura
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine
- Air India
- Aeronautical development agency
References
- ^ "Towns and Urban Agglomerations classified by acquired places". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Urbanization of Bangalore". scribd.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "1981 census Households" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "constitute the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore Municipal Body)" (PDF). 16 January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
- ^ "Notification at BMP website". 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
- ^ "Towns and Urban Agglomerations classified by acquired places". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "1981 census Households" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "1981 census" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "2001 census" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Urbanization of Bangalore". scribd.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Urbanization of Bangalore" (PDF). karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Bangalore Metro opens to public at 4pm on Thursday". The Economic Times. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Behind the scenes of Namma Metro". The Hindu. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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