Baiyyappanahalli or New Baiyyappanahalli Extension is one of the neighbourhoods in

Bengaluru Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. It is part of C. V. Raman Nagar in East Bengaluru. The area is a transport hub and popular for

Baiyappanahalli metro station Baiyappanahalli metro station at Baiyyappanahalli is the eastern terminal point on the east–west corridor of the Namma Metro in Bangalore, India. Station layout **Currently Platforms 1 and 2 are under maintenance due to Purple Line ext ...

and

Baiyyappanahalli railway station Baiyyappanahalli railway station (station code: BYPL) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyappanahalli, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka which is located about 13 km away from the Bangalore City railway station and ...

History

Old Baiyyappanahalli Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval or Old Baiyyappanahalli is one of the early settlements in Bengaluru. It is part of C. V. Raman Nagar Assembly constituency in East Bengaluru. This former village was included in the Bangalore Mahanagara Pali ...

, a village in Bangalore South Taluk, was called as

Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval or Old Baiyyappanahalli is one of the early settlements in Bengaluru. It is part of C. V. Raman Nagar Assembly constituency in East Bengaluru. This former village was included in the Bangalore Mahanagara Pali ...

populated with 2742 inhabitants (1429 Male and 1313 Female) in 1981 and was considered as uninhabited during 1991 Census. It was merged with

Vimanapura Vimanapura or Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura is an eastern suburb of Bangalore in Karnataka in India. It is so called because it is near Bangalore HAL airport. Vimanapura houses many of the HAL offices and the HAL hospital. The busy Old Airport ...

(which was then called as Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura) which hosted 11441 citizens (6157 Male and 5284 Female) in 1981. Baiyyappanahalli NMCT (Non Municipal Census Town) consisted of Baiyyappanahalli Manavarthe Kaval, Benniganahalli and Baiyyappanahalli Vimanapura and was a home to 14905 persons (7873 Male and 7032 Female) during 1991 Census. In January 2007, the Karnataka Government issued a notification to merge the areas under then Bangalore Mahanagara Palike with seven City municipal council (CMC)'s, one Town municipal council (TMC) and 110 villages around the city (including Baiyyappanahalli NMCT) to form a single administrative body,

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. It is the fourth largest Municipal Corporation in India an ...

. The process was completed by April 2007 and the body was renamed

(Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation).

Transport

Metro station

is the eastern terminal point on the east–west corridor of the

Namma Metro Namma Metro ("Our Metro" in Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bengaluru, India. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in South India. Namma Metro has a mix of u ...

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. Baiyappanahalli also hosts the Coaching depot for Metro service.

Railway station

is an

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...

train station located in Baiyyappanahalli,

which is located about 13 km away from the

Bangalore City railway station Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna - Bengaluru Station, commonly known as KSR Bengaluru station, Bengaluru City railway station or Bangalore City railway station (station code: SBC) is the main railway station serving the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka ...

and serves Baiyyappanahalli and

Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapuram or K.R. Puram, officially Krishnarajapuram, is a neighborhood of in North-Eastern Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is located from Bangalore City railway station. The ...

areas.

Third coaching Terminal

train station being built at the same space where Baiyyappanahalli Yard once stood. This will be the city's third major Railway Terminal after

KSR Bengaluru Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna - Bengaluru Station, commonly known as KSR Bengaluru station, Bengaluru City railway station or Bangalore City railway station (station code: SBC) is the main railway station serving the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka ...

and

Yesvantpur Yeshwanthpur, officially Yeshwanthpura is a locality in the north western part of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located to the north of Malleshwara and west of Hebbala. The biggest wholesale market of agricultural produce i ...

— is all set to be commissioned. Its façade modeled after the Kempegowda International Airport terminal, the new facility is bound to dramatically alter the departure and arrival experience of rail commuters. An Over bridge is being constructed on the approach road which leads to this station from Old Madras Road.

Satellite bus station, NGEF

A bus station was built at former NGEF land in Baiyyappanahalli which was a halt station for many buses of

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation - (Karnataka SRTC), is a state-owned public road transport corporation in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka. It serves routes to towns and cities in ...

and neighbouring state buses. There was a plan to make it a Terminal station for interstate buses which was never materialized. However the facility was decommissioned due to poor response.

Location

References

Neighbourhoods in Bangalore {{BangaloreUrban-geo-stub