Bengaluru Urban is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka, officially known as Bengaluru Urban district, located on the Deccan Plateau in the South Eastern part of Karnataka. It is the most populous district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

The district is spread across five Talukas:

• Bengaluru North,
• Bengaluru East,
• Bengaluru South 
• Yelahanka
• Anekal

Anekal Taluk is also called as Ragi Bowl in the State. Being the nerve centre of Karnataka’s State legislative, both the High Court and State Legislative falls under the jurisdiction of the Bengaluru Urban district.

Bengaluru Urban District is surrounded by the Bangalore Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west and the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on the south.

The district has 9 municipal corporations and 588 villages.

Electronics City the pride of India and hub of Bengaluru's Information Technology companies is situated in Anekal Taluk.

The city of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka is located in Bengaluru Urban district.

According to the Estimated data in the year 2016, Bengaluru Urban district has the per capita income 3,20,340 Indian Rupees, highest in Karnataka. Bengaluru Urban district is the most advanced district in Karnataka, as of census 2011 its population is increased from 65,37,124 to 95,88,910 and the population density was 4,378 people per square km. 

Area : 2196 Sq.Km

GDP : 312221 (Crore Rs)

Per Capita Income : 320340 (Rs)

Population : 96.2 (Lakhs)

Bangalore Urban district came into existence on August 15th 1986 with the partition of the former Bangalore district into Bangalore Urban District and Bangalore Rural District.

In Bangalore, the real estate market started growing in the 1980s and 1990s, boosted by capital investors from other parts of the country who converted Bangalore's large plots and colonial bungalows into multi-storied apartments.

Airport Connectivity :

Bangalore is well linked by frequent flights to and from Delhi, Mumbai and most of the other major towns in India. Bengaluru also has global carriers flowing into and out of the Bengaluru International Airport, situated about 40 Kilometres from the primary town.

Road Connectivity:

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has various options of buses from regular to air-conditioned Volvo buses for both travellers and visitors connecting to all the nearby cities within Karnataka and also around the state.

National Highways:

• NH-4 (Mumbai-Pune-Bengaluru-Chennai)
• NH-7 and NH-209, passes through the district.

Railway Connectivity:

• Bengaluru Urban district has two major railway stations which includes:
• Bengaluru City Railway Station
• Yeswantpur Junction.

These stations are  well-connected to a number of Indian cities and nearby states. Some of the major routes include to the places of Lucknow Nr, New Delhi, and Howrah Jn. There is 1 weekly train connecting Lucknow to Bangalore, 8 weekly trains connecting New Delhi to Bangalore, and 2 weekly trains connecting Howrah Jn to Bangalore.

Metro Connectivity:

For travelling within Bangalore, there is Namma Metro (with limited connectivity), which is an intra-city rail network set up by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation. It encompasses a 42.3 km (26.3 mi) elevated and underground rail network, comprising of 41 stations. The metro line between Sampige Road and Peenya Industrial Area was inaugurated on 1 March 2014. Once complete, it is expected to connect central locations in Bangalore to Devanahalli and Chikaballapur regions.

Education:

Karnataka’s oldest and most prominent institutions of learning are :

• Indian Institute of Science (1909),
• Bangalore University (1964),
• University of Agricultural Sciences
• University of Mysore (1916) in Mysuru,
• Karnataka University (1949) in Dharwad, 
• Gulbarga University (1980) in Kalaburagi,
• Mangalore University (1980) in Mangaluru.

Economy

The highest contributor to the state economy with 33.3% contribution to GDDP (INR 99,325 Crore) (2012-2013) with the per capita annual income in the district is INR 2,02,340 for the year 2012 -2013

Places to visit :

• Bull Temple
• Cubbon Park
• Bangalore Palace
• Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace
• Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum

Infrastructure/Industries

• Bangalore has many heavy industries, namely
• Bharat Electronics Limited, 
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), 
• Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), 
• Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), 
• HMT(formerly Hindustan Machine Tools), 
• Hindustan Motors (HM), Manjushree Techno-pack and ABB Group.

Bangalore: The Startup Hub of India

Several restaurateurs introduced fast service models popularly called Darshini restaurants that serve hot breakfast and beverages. Orkla Foods, Swiggy and Zomato along with FreshMenu, an on-demand food delivery Unicorns are also popular. Chai Point is a chain of tea stores founded in Bangalore in 2010.

Several grocery services like BigBasket.com, Zopnow.com and Zopper.com, started in Bangalore and offline, formal retail format grocers like FoodWorld supermarkets started in 1996.

Bangalore houses India's first electric car brand, Reva, which was acquired by a large domestic car company, Mahindra & Mahindra. Ola Cabs, Bounce, Zoomcar, and RedBus originated in the city and are running regularly.

Urban Ladder is a leading omnichannel commerce furniture retailer founded by entrepreneurs from the city. Lifestyle, now part of Dubai-based Landmark group originated as a brand in Bangalore in 1999. Tanishq is a jewelry retail store brand and is owned by the Tata Group.