Sahakara Nagar is a residential
suburb near
Bangalore
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,
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. Sahakanagar is formed by the Ministry of Communication Employees housing society and has developed to this extent under the efforts of the Sahakaranagar Residents welfare association. Ever since the inclusion of 45 new wards to Bangalore city in 2008, Sahakara Nagar comes under the
BBMP (
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
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) limits. The locality is accessible via
NH 7
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The NH-7 (old NH-58) connects Hindu pilgrim centres ...
on the East.
List of BBMP wards
/ref> Sahakara Nagar was formed in the early 1980s as a co-operative society for Telecom and Post & Telegraph employees of the Government of India
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. It has over 8 well maintained parks and two Playgrounds maintained by BBMP. Owing to its proximity to Hebbal lake, Amrutahalli lake and GKVK forest land, Sahakar Nagar is often called the Prague of Bengaluru city.
Neighbourhood
Sahakara Nagar comes in parts, under both Byatarayanapura
Byataryanapura is a suburb of Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India.
It is famous for Gali Aanjaneya Temple.
Demographics
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and Kodigehalli
Kodigehalli is a suburb of Bangalore. B.B.M.P. Ward 8. Historic temples and modern constructions lean against and interleave each other here. Kodigehalli is adjacent to Sahakarnagar on its north side. The new airport road to Kodigehalli main ro ...
wards of the BBMP, and is flanked by Hebbala, Tata Nagar, Thindlu and Vidyaranyapura
However, Sahakara Nagar is located outside the bounds of Bangalore City but is near to Kempegowda International Airport.
See also
* Vidyaranyapura
Vidyaranyapura is situated in the northern part of Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India. Vidyaranyapura, along with several other extensions of the city, comes under a constituency called Byatarayanapura. It comes under the Greater ...
* Kodigehalli
Kodigehalli is a suburb of Bangalore. B.B.M.P. Ward 8. Historic temples and modern constructions lean against and interleave each other here. Kodigehalli is adjacent to Sahakarnagar on its north side. The new airport road to Kodigehalli main ro ...
*Thindlu
Thindlu, once an ancient village, is now a part of the Bangalore North . Thindlu is famous for its ancient temple of lord Virabhadra (a form lord Shiva) and is currently a thriving community with many real estate constructions. Thindlu comes ...
* Tata Nagar
References
External links
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Neighbourhoods in Bangalore