Jigani
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Jigani | |
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town | |
  Jigani Jigani within Karnataka | |
| Coordinates: 12°46′45″N 77°38′37″E / 12.779154°N 77.643565°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 920 m (3,020 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 304,047 |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 10,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560105 |
| Telephone code | 91 (0) 80 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-51 |
Jigani Hobli is located in Anekal taluk in South Bengaluru, India and is situated at a distance of 28 km from Bangalore city railway station. Some of the features of the place Jigani are that it has a well-established Jigani industrial area and also very near to Electronics City in Bangalore. Several such Government initiatives to improve development to this area in Bangalore has led to growth of population in this area starting 2004. Recentally due to granite factories and workers huge population explosion has taken place making Odia,Tamil and Telugu being spoken even in shops and vegetable vendors. Companies like HCL, OTIS, APC, Toyota, BuziBrAIns, The Akshayapatra foundation etc. have brought more people to this remote location.
It is one of the industrial areas in Anekal taluk, with others being Attibele, Bommasandra, Chandapura, Electronic City and Sarjapura.
IIM-B Second campus
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has plans for a second campus in Jigani very soon.[when?] [1]
It is also called granite city as number of granite factories are situated in and around jigani.
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