Vijnana Nagar ward

Vijnana Nagar ward ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ನಗರ Ward number 87
Wards
Vijnana Nagar Ward shown in red inside KR Puram assembly
Coordinates: 12°58′N 77°34′E / 12.967°N 77.567°E / 12.967; 77.567
Lok Sabha	Bangalore North
Vidhan Sabha	K R Puram
BBMP Zone	Mahadevapura
Area
• Total	5.7 km² (2.2 sq mi)
Population
• Total	57,062 (2,011 census)
• Density	9,935/km² (25,730/sq mi)
Households	15,419
Road length	106 km
Lakes	2
Parks	4

Vijnana Nagar ward (Kannada: ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ನಗರ ) is spread over 6.3 km² in KR Puram assembly constituency on the outskirts of East Bengaluru. With a population of 57,062.^[1] It comes in Mahadevpura zone under the BBMP.

Localities of Vijnana Nagar ward include Mahadevapura, DRDO's 2nd Phase, Vijnanagar, Ramaiah Reddy Colony, L N Reddy Colony, Veerabadra Colony, Kalappa Layout, Basavanagar, Vibhuthipura, Talacauverynagar, Veerabhadranagar 2nd Stage, Lal Bhadur Shastrynagar, Jagadishnagar, Jyothinagar & Brudavan Nagar^[2]

Amenities

Vijnana Nagar ward has 4 Parks (Total of 9,079.55 sqm), 1 Playground (Total of 2315 sqm), 3 Government Schools . BMTC has over 26 Bus stops with 150 bus routes here. Vijnana Nagar ward does not have a Fire Station or a Police Station under its jurisdiction.

Lakes in Vijnana Nagar ward

BBMP has listed a total of 2 lakes in the Vijnana Nagar ward region; A Total of 2,46,964 sqm^[3]

Vibhuthipura lake
Mahadevapura Lake

Civic Administration

Vijnana Nagar Ward is placed in KR Puram assembly constituency (Vidhana Sabha) led by MLA B.A. Basavaraj. K R Puram in turn comes under Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency) led by MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was also the ex Chief Minister of Karnataka. During the general elections 2014 D. V. Sadananda Gowda contesting through BJP won with 52.91% majority defeating C. Narayanaswamy of INC. MLA B.A. Basavaraj contesting through INC won the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2013 from K R Puram by a margin of 24001 votes defeating N S Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.

The elected Corporator, S G Nagaraj of INC won the BBMP 2015 elections with 10,993 votes with a victory margin of 1,313 votes defeating V Mohanmurthy of BJP^[4]

References

External links

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Bangalore topics

History

Geography

Lakes	Agara Lake Bellandur Lake Hebbal lake Hesaraghatta Lake Madivala tank Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar) Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Sankey Tank Sarakki lake Vibhutipura Lake Yediyur Lake

Civic administration

Buildings

Transport

Roads

Places of worship

Culture

Periodic events	Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore International Film Festival Bangalore Karaga Japan Habba

Cinemas	Kannada films

Sports	Banga Beats Bangalore Raptors Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru FC Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC Royal Challengers Bangalore

Others	Bibliography of Bangalore

Groups

Parks

Localities

North Bangalore	Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Cox Town Dasarahalli Fraser Town Ganganagar HBR Layout Hebbal Horamavu Jalahalli Kodigehalli Malleswaram Mathikere Palace Guttahalli Peenya Pulakeshinagar R. T. Nagar Ramamurthy Nagar Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Sarvagnanagar Vidyaranyapura Vyalikaval Yelahanka Yeswanthpur

West Bangalore	Basaveshwaranagar Herohalli Kamalanagar Kengeri Mahalakshmi Layout Mahalakshmipura Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Rajajinagar Ullalu Vijayanagar

Central Bangalore	Austin Town Bangalore Cantonment Bangalore Central Business District Bengaluru Pete Chamrajpet Chickpet Seshadripuram Shivajinagar

East Bangalore	Brookefield Channasandra CV Raman Nagar Domlur Halasuru Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevanbheemanagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Krishnarajapura Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murphy Town Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur

South Bangalore	Adugodi Agara Arekere Arekere Mico Layout Banashankari Basavanagudi Begur Bilekahalli Bommanahalli Bommasandra BTM Layout Chandapura Electronics City Girinagar Hebbagodi HSR Layout Hulimavu Jayanagar Jigani J. P. Nagar Konanakunte Konappana Agrahara Koramangala Kumaraswamy Layout Madiwala Padmanabhanagar Puttenahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ramanjaneyanagar Taverekere Thyagarajanagar Uttarahalli

Institutions

Education	List of schools in Bangalore Bishop Cotton Boys' School Baldwin Boys High School KV Hebbal Kensri School Little Flower Public School Mallya Aditi International School National Public School, Indiranagar St. Joseph's Indian High School St.Germain High School Venkat International Public School

Higher education	List of Bangalore colleges Acharya Institute of Technology Al-Ameen College of Law Bangalore University Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Medical College B.M.S. College of Engineering Christ University Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Indian Statistical Institute International Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology National Law School of India University National College National Centre for Software Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology University of Agricultural Sciences University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship

Hospitals	Apollo Hospitals Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals HOSMAT Fortis Hospitals Minto eye hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya NCBS NIMHANS SDS Tuberculosis Sanatorium St. John's Hospital Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital Victoria Hospital

Industry	List of Bangalore telecom companies Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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