HSR Layout

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Hosur Sarjapur Road Layout (populary known as HSR Layout) is a relatively new suburb located to the south-east of Bangalore, India. The layout, which is built on land reclaimed from the Agara lake, is located between Hosur Road and Sarjapur Road.

Ever since the growth of the real estate market in Bangalore, this area has witnessed a dramatic rise in the residential housing, partly owing to its proximity to the commercial areas of the city. This has led to the land prices skyrocket in recent years. In its early stages, this area was neglected by the civic authorities. Now it has facilities such as Police Station, Post office (Pin Code: 560-102), Water Board office, Electricity Office, and numerous Banks.

Like many residential areas in Bangalore, HSR Layout is divided into Sectors (Sector 1 through 7), which are criss-crossed by main roads and cross roads. Main roads run north-south and Cross roads run east-west. Some part of the neighboring villages such as Agara, Parangipalya, Venkatapura and Mangammanapalya are also part of HSR Layout. Designed based on modern town planning principles, the layout has a centralized BDA Complex, which houses the city administrative offices. It also has a number of small parks in various parts of the layout.

The National Institute of Fashion Technology's Bangalore campus is located in HSR Layout.

HSR Layout is about 7 km from Bangalore's other large residential area of Jayanagar, and 2 km from Koramangala. Once considered to be far from Bangalore, it is today one of the prime properties in Bangalore and is well connected by BMTC buses.

Due to the low lying nature of the layout, some parts of the layout were flooded during the seasonal rains in the past few years [1] [2]. The city administration have now built flood drains to address this problem^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Educational Institute

Cambridge Public School (Corner of 17th Cross and 19th Main)
Freedom International School (11th Cross, Sector 4)
JSS Public School (14th Main, Next to BDA Comples)

[edit] Bank

ICICI Bank (27th Main Road)
Bank of Mysore (9th Main Road, Sector 7 & 27th Main Road)
UCO Bank (14th Main Road, Sector 7)
Axis Bank (NIFT extension , 27th Main Road)
State Bank of India (Sector 7, Corner of 7th Main and17th Cross Road )
Andhra Bank (27th Main Road)
Karnataka Bank (27th Main Road)
Vijaya Bank (Sector 7 ,Just opposite Ahmed Bazar)

[edit] Shopping

Safa (in BDA Complex)
MK Ahmed (Near BDA Complex)
Families (19th Main, Near IBP Petrol pump)
Fab mall (27th Main Road)
Food Days (27th Main Road)
Mutliplex (27th Main Road)
Smart (Opp Nagarjuna Green Ridge Apartments, 80 Feet Road, 2nd Sector)
More (sector-7, 9th main)
Subhiksha(sector-7, 9th main)
Sobha Super store (sector-6, 9th main)

A chain of malls, departmental stores, sweet shops and other commercial buildings have been opened to cater to the rich crowd that resides in this area.

A large proportion of the residents here are IT professionals who live here due to its proximity to the IT commercial areas such as Electronic City, the IT corridor at the Outer Ring Road and ITPL. Consequently, this place is now home to a number of non-Kannadigas who have migrated from other states of India for employment in the IT boom.

Neighbourhoods of Bangalore