Malleshwaram, Bengaluru

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Malleshwaram
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 / 13.0031; 77.5643
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
Vehicle registration	KA-04

Malleshwaram (also known as Malleshwara) 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.