Marathahalli

Marathahalli
suburb
(L-R from top) Marathahalli Bridge, an apartment complex in Marathahalli, a view of Old Airport Road
Marathahalli
Coordinates: 12°57′22″N 77°42′07″E / 12.956194°N 77.701943°E / 12.956194; 77.701943
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore
Metro	Bangalore
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560037[1]
Telephone code	080
Vehicle registration	KA-03

Marathahalli is a major eastern suburb of the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is infamous for its traffic and is a cheaper choice for IT employees to live in because of its close proximity to the IT clusters in Mahadevapura, Bellandur, International Tech Park, and Whitefield.It is famous for having a huge Telugu population in the city and is known as the little Andhra of the city which led to many businesses being established in the local area catering specifically to their tastes. It is also famous for hosting a wide array of factory outlets thus becoming a major destination for consumers looking for premium brands for a cheaper price.

Connectivity

Marathahalli has good connectivity with the rest of the city; sitting on the junction of Outer Ring Road and the Old Airport Road; it is a major junction and also an absolute nightmare for commuters due to being one of the few places in the entire city to connect the rest of the city to the newer IT cluster and bigger IT cluster in Whitefield. It features an underpass at the main junction carrying the ORR traffic and also a bridge carrying the traffic of Old Airport Road over a railway line. Despite the presence of a railway line, it has no railway station with the nearest being Bellandur Road station. The airport is 42 Kilometers from Marathahalli.

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