Indiranagar, Bangalore
Indiranagar is Bangalore’s original upscale east-side neighbourhood — a planned layout of 1st and 2nd Stages around 100 Feet Road and CMH Road, famous for its pubs, boutiques and restaurants. It is one of the city’s most expensive addresses at around ₹14,000–22,000/sq ft, and it sits directly on the operational Purple Line with its own Indiranagar metro station.
At a glance
Indiranagar is a premium, planned neighbourhood (pincode 560038) in central-east Bangalore, built as 1st and 2nd Stages around 100 Feet Road and CMH Road. It is on the operational Purple Line with its own station, making it one of the few premium areas with genuine metro access. Apartments list around ₹14,000–22,000/sq ft, among the city’s highest, and it is best known for its pubs, restaurants and boutique retail.
Stages & sub-localities of Indiranagar
Indiranagar spans the 1st and 2nd Stages plus adjoining pockets like Defence Colony, Domlur, Jeevan Bima Nagar, Binnamangala, Ulsoor and Kodihalli, with the CMH Road and 100 Feet Road strips at its centre. Detailed guides for all eleven link here.
Where Indiranagar sits in Bangalore
Indiranagar sits in central-east Bangalore, between the CBD, Ulsoor Lake and the Old Airport Road corridor. This map traces Namma Metro’s three operational lines — each with a moving train. The Purple Line runs directly through Indiranagar, with its own station on CMH Road and Halasuru adjoining. Tap Whitefield ▸ to open that guide. Schematic, not to scale.
From a defence-era layout to Bangalore’s high street
Indiranagar was laid out in the 1970s as a planned residential area on the city’s eastern edge, largely for defence personnel and government employees — a heritage still visible in Defence Colony and the HAL-linked pockets nearby.
Its transformation came with 100 Feet Road. As Bangalore’s economy opened up, the wide arterial filled with showrooms, restaurants and later the pubs and boutiques that made Indiranagar a byword for the city’s nightlife and retail. CMH Road became its second commercial spine.
The Purple Line’s arrival gave the area something most premium Bangalore neighbourhoods still lack — a metro station of its own, on CMH Road. Today Indiranagar is a dense mix of old bungalows, apartments, offices and one of the country’s best-known high streets, and one of the city’s most expensive places to buy.
Rent & property prices in Indiranagar
| Config | Monthly rent | Buy (list) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 BHK | ₹22k–34k | ₹65 L–1.0 Cr |
| 2 BHK | ₹34k–58k | ₹1.2–2.1 Cr |
| 3 BHK | ₹52k–95k | ₹1.9–3.6 Cr |
Indiranagar’s apartment listing rates run ₹14,000–22,000/sq ft — among Bangalore’s highest, firmest around 100 Feet Road, CMH Road and the 2nd Stage, and a little softer in Domlur, Jeevan Bima Nagar and toward Kodihalli. Old bungalow plots command far more and rarely trade. Indicative trend +6–9%/yr; gross rental yield ~2.8%, reflecting very high capital values.
Projects & properties in & around Indiranagar
Indiranagar is fully built-out, so new launches are extremely rare and most fresh supply sits around it — in Koramangala, north toward Thanisandra and east along the ORR. Tap any listing for price, floor plans and details.
Indiranagar price vs neighbouring localities
Indiranagar sits at the top of Bangalore’s price ladder with Koramangala; buyers chasing value look to Domlur’s edges, CV Raman Nagar or further east. Here is how per-sq-ft rates compare.
| Locality | Rate / sq ft | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Indiranagar | ₹14,000–22,000 | benchmark (premium) |
| Koramangala | ₹13,000–22,000 | comparable, south |
| Domlur | ~₹12,000–17,000 | slightly softer, adjacent |
| HSR Layout | ₹11,000–18,000 | premium, further south |
| Ulsoor | ~₹12,000–18,000 | lake-side, older |
| CV Raman Nagar | ~₹8,000–11,000 | value, east |
Commute & connectivity from Indiranagar
| To (from Indiranagar) | Distance | Time (peak) | Best via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiranagar metro (Purple) | in area | 3–10 min | walk |
| MG Road / CBD | ~5 km | 15–25 min | metro (Purple) |
| Koramangala | ~5 km | 15–30 min | Inner Ring Rd |
| ORR tech parks (Marathahalli) | ~11 km | 30–50 min | Old Airport Rd |
| Whitefield / ITPL | ~16 km | 35–55 min | metro (Purple) |
| Airport (BLR) | ~33 km | 55–85 min | Hebbal / ORR |
Metro is a genuine advantage here: the Purple Line runs through Indiranagar with its own station on CMH Road, putting MG Road about 15 minutes west and Whitefield a direct ride east — rare for a premium Bangalore neighbourhood. Road-wise, 100 Feet Road, CMH Road and Old Airport Road are heavily congested at peak, and parking on the high street is a daily frustration.
Employment — offices, startups & the CBD next door
Indiranagar is both a workplace and a bridge between employment zones. It hosts offices and startups along 100 Feet Road and in Domlur, the Embassy Golflinks business park sits on its southern edge, and the CBD is a short metro ride west while the ORR tech belt is east.
Embassy Golflinks
Indiranagar offices
CBD / MG Road
ORR tech belt
Pubs, retail, schools & hospitals
🍸 Pubs & dining
- 100 Feet Road strip in
- Toit & breweries in
- 12th Main in
- Restaurants core
🛍️ Retail
- CMH Road in
- Boutiques in
- Phoenix (Whitefield) ~14 km
- Garuda (Magrath) ~5 km
🏫 Schools
- New Horizon near
- Chinmaya Vidyalaya in
- National Public near
- Army Public adj
🏥 Hospitals
- Manipal (Old Airport Rd) ~3 km
- Chinmaya Mission in
- CMH in
- Cloudnine near
What is day-to-day life in Indiranagar like?
Indiranagar lives like Bangalore’s high street. Days run on offices, cafes and the metro; evenings on 100 Feet Road and 12th Main’s breweries, restaurants and boutiques. It draws affluent professionals, long-settled families in the old bungalow streets, and a citywide crowd that comes here to eat and drink.
🍸 Nightlife
🛍️ Boutique retail
☕ Cafes
🌳 Outdoors
Who lives here: Indiranagar skews affluent and established — senior professionals, entrepreneurs, expatriates and long-settled families in the older bungalow plots, alongside younger renters drawn by the metro and the high street. It is a premium, lifestyle-first neighbourhood rather than a quiet or budget one.
Water, power, safety & traffic
Indiranagar’s civic report card is among the better ones in Bangalore — mature services, with traffic and parking the clear watch-outs.
- Long-standing Cauvery supply
- Borewell backup in older homes
- Among the city’s more reliable areas
- Stable central-grid supply
- Apartments run DG backup
- Busy, well-lit, policed high street
- Established residential streets
- 100 ft Rd & CMH Rd congested at peak
- Severe parking pressure on the strip
- Metro is the better commute option
Major developments
Indiranagar is a mature area, so change here is about managing success rather than new supply.
- Purple Line metro through the area (own station)
- 100 Feet Road & CMH Road upgrades
- Ulsoor Lake rejuvenation
- Parking & pedestrian management on the strip
- Commercial-to-residential conversion pressure
- Old Airport Road corridor works
- Better last-mile links to the metro
- Continued redevelopment of older plots
Living in Indiranagar
✓ Pros
- Own operational Purple Line station
- Bangalore’s best high street & nightlife
- Reliable Cauvery water & mature infra
- ~15 min metro to the CBD
✗ Cons
- Among the city’s most expensive areas
- Severe traffic & parking on the strips
- Built-out — almost no new launches
- Noisy near the pub streets
Indiranagar — frequently asked questions
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How this page was researched
Identity and history from Wikipedia and civic records; connectivity and metro status from BMRCL (Purple Line operational with the Indiranagar station on CMH Road); prices are portal listing ranges cross-checked across stages and pockets; retail, schools and hospitals from official and Google Maps sources. Unverifiable marketing claims were excluded.
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