{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2017}} {{Other uses|Arakere (disambiguation){{!}}Arakere}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Arekere | other_name = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Bangalore | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|12.89|N|77.60|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Karnataka | subdivision_type2 = Metro | subdivision_name2 = Bangalore | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Kannada | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 560076 | registration_plate = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Arekere''' is a residential area located along Bannerghatta Road in South Bangalore..The name Arekere (''Are'': Half, ''Kere'': lake) originates from a water reservoir in the area. It is divided into two halves by Bannerghatta Road. To its northeast lies Vijaya Bank Employees Layout, to its southeast lies Hulimavu, Doresanipalya and Panduranga Nagar lie along its west.
Residential areas within Arekere include Arekere Mico Layout, which is a BDA layout developed in the late 1970s, Ramaswamy Layout, Samrat Layout, Pandurangnagar, Puttenhalli, Hulimavu, Bilekahalli, Shantiniketan Layout and Sarvabhoumanagar.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://nadakacheri.karnataka.gov.in/AJSK/Assets/Documents/Ward_No_Details_Bangalore_Dist.pdf| title=Wards in Bengaluru| publisher= Govt of Karnataka| page=16}}</ref>
==Infrastructure== The neighbourhood has undergone rapid development since the early 2000s due to the presence of information technology and BPO companies. BPL Medical, Apollo Hospitals and Fortis Hospital are located nearby.<ref name="Chaudhry p. 31">{{cite book| last= Chaudhry| first=S.| title= DoctorKC's Hospitals Around the World: Directory of Hospitals & Doctors Around the World| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NTFTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31| access-date=28 August 2018| page= 31}}</ref> Educational institutes in the vicinity include IIM Bangalore, Stepping Stones, BGS National Public School and Mitra Academy and AECS Magnolia Maaruti Public School
==Accessibility== Bannerghatta road, one of the main arterial roads in the southern part of city passes through Arekere. With new neighbourhoods opening up further down the city, congestion has increased over the years.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/infrastructure-struggling-to-keep-with-growth-of-bengalurus-arekere-wars/articleshow/48523223.cms?from=mdr| title=Infrastructure struggling to keep with growth of Bengaluru's Arekere wars| work=The Economic Times| date=2015-08-18}}</ref> The under-construction Kalena Agrahara-Nagawara route of Namma Metro passes through the area and is expected to decongest vehicular traffic once it is functional.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/namma-metros-green-run-will-save-185-trees-on-bannerghatta-road/articleshow/62421414.cms| title=Namma Metro's green run will save 185 trees on Bannerghatta Road| work=Bangalore Mirror| date=2018-01-09}}</ref> The locality is well connected to other parts of the city and to the airport by BMTC buses.
== See also == * Arekere Lake * Vijaya bank layout
== Location in context == {{Geographic Location | title = '''Areas of Bangalore''' | Northwest = J.P.Nagar | North = Bilekahalli | Northeast = Bommanahalli | West = J.P.Nagar | Centre = Arekere | East = Hulimavu | Southwest = J.P.Nagar/Kothnur Dinne | South = Gottigere | Southeast = Hulimavu }}
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== External links == {{Commons category|Arekere}}
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Category:Neighbourhoods in South Bengaluru