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Bangalore

overall rank: 26

1998 rank: 27

country: India

population: 5,200,000


snapshot: Bangalore at a glance rank
overall score 48 26
average income US$ 1,467.20 36
educational spending 1 123.71 24
ratio of house price to income 2 93.68 31
hospital beds per 1000 people 2.0 24
pollution 3 183 24
vehicles per km of road -
criminal cases per 10,000 18.5 16
TV sets per 1,000 people 100 30
inflation 3.25 -
GDP growth 6.7 7
unemployment rate 4.00 13
average class size 67.0 38
life expectancy 66.5 27.0
commute time 60 30
phones per 1,000 people 15 39
related links

Megha: Bangalore's digital netway
www.indiaexpress.com/bangalore

Surfing Bangalore
www.bangalorenet.com

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notes:
All monetary values are PPP adjusted
a estimates
b national figure
c officially, land cannot be bought or sold
1 state educational spending, per capita US$
2 average house price divided by average annual income
3 suspended particles, micrograms per cubic meter (µ/m3)

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