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]

  1. Vibhuthipura lake
  2. 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

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