Padmanabhanagar | |
Native Name Lang: | kn |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Bangalore |
Coordinates: | 12.9155°N 77.5584°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangalore Urban |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Bangalore |
Subdivision Type4: | Zone |
Subdivision Name4: | Bangalore South |
Subdivision Type5: | Ward |
Subdivision Name5: | 182 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 560070 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bangalore South |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Padmanabhanagar |
Padmanabhanagar is a residential locality in South Bangalore, India, covering an area of 1.68 km2.[1] It is one of the zones of BBMP. Padmanabhanagar has a very famous park called Lakshmikanta Park. This park houses Lakshmi Kantha temple. It was looked after by residents association, in 2018 the corporator allotted funds and developed it further. The park was eyed for its medicinal trees and was sanctioned to be cut down completely and set up a landscaped area but the senior citizens of the locality who nurtured the park protested and stopped it. It is surrounded by Kumaraswamy Layout, Gowdanapalya, Chennamanakere, Kathriguppe, Kadirenahalli, Uttarahalli and Chikkakalasandra.
It is a constituency in the Karnataka legislative assembly. The assembly constituency has several areas surrounding Padmanabhanagara like Kumaraswamy Layout, Yediyur, Tyagarajanagara, Banashankari 2nd stage, Yarab Nagara, parts of Banashankari temple ward, Jayanagara 6th/7th/8th blocks, Shastri Nagara. The constituency is currently represented by Shri R Ashoka (Bharathiya Janata Party). Padmanabhanagara is also a ward constituency in BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ward No. 182) which was represented by Smt. L Shobha Anjanappa of BJP (Bharathiya Janata Party), in the immediate past term.
Among its educational institutions are:
The area is well connected by the BMTC bus network.