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Malleshwaram | |
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Neighborhood | |
    Mantri central, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Mallapura 1669CE Ekoji Inscription, Mantri mall | |
  Malleshwaram | |
| Coordinates: 13°00′11″N 77°33′51″E / 13.0031°N 77.5643°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Metro | Sampige Road metro station |
| District | Bengaluru Urban district |
| Founded by | H. V. Nanjundaiah |
| Area | |
| • Neighborhood | 3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Neighborhood | 99,625 |
| • Density | 25,196/km2 (65,260/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 487,284 |
| • Metro density | 17,000/km2 (44,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560003, 560012, 560055 |
Malleshwaram is a northwest neighborhood and one of the zones of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in Bengaluru, India. It was planned in 1889 [1] after the great plague of 1898, developed as a suburb in 1892 and handed over to the city municipality in 1895.[2][3] As per the 1878 Survey of India map, the area came under the village of Ranganatha Palya [4] and was later named after the Kadu Malleshwara Temple.[5] The neighbourhood houses many offices, one them being World Trade Center Bengaluru. It has two shopping malls, Mantri Square and Orion Mall (at the two ends of the locality). As an education hub,it houses the education boards of the state KSEEB and PU boards,Mysore Education Society and Indian Institute of Science.
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