Ward information page: Nagapura ward

What are the issues that trouble the residents of Nagapura ward? How much money has the BBMP spent here trying to solve problems? What are new projects coming up here?

67 – Nagapura

This ward houses the famous ISCON temple and is covered by Metro. West of Chord Road runs through this ward to reach Yashwanthpur. Congested main roads and residential areas slowly getting converted to commerical areas is the highlight of this ward. Here is more information on the ward.

MLA (2013): Gopalaiah K (JDS), Mahalakshmi Layout
MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North

BBMP 2010

Corporator: S.Harish (BJP)
#364/27, 19th F main road, Rajajinagar, 1st ‘N’ Block Bangalore-10. Ph: 9845088052
Reservation: BC-A

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 23
Winner’s margin: 305
Total votes polled: 15002
Total voters: 30083

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 34346
Male: 17517
Female: 16822
Others: 7

Reserved: General

Contesting Candidates

BJP: S Harish
INC: N L Mahesh Kumar
JDS: Badregowda

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 34574
  • Households: 8667
  • Area: 1.8 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 628 km
  • Lakes: , Total area: 0 sq km
  • Parks: 25, Total area: 6.3 sq km
  • Playgrounds: 3, Total area: 1.5 sq km

Active citizen groups/RWAs

If you represent any RWA from this area, please click here and fill your info. It will be added to this space after verification.

Candidates

No candidates have filled the information collection form so far. If you know anyone contesting, do ask them to fill the Candidate Information Form as soon as possible.

How was the money spent? Tenders, job codes, bills:

  • Click on the sections corresponding to complaints, tenders and bills, to get a feel of what are the problems, what is being addressed, how much money is being spent, and is it really happening on ground.
  • Scroll using your arrow keys to see the details within the sections.

Click here for raw data.

What’s bothering the residents? Complaints represented in a wordcloud:

Data Courtesy

BBMP, Janaagraha, BBMP Restructuring Committee website

Disclaimer: This data is an extract; it is not complete, and not verified independently. It is not from the entire tenure of BBMP council 2010-15.

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