Yelahanka lies to the north of Bengaluru. It was a Municipal council and Taluk (lies below the District level in administrative setup) headquarters prior to formation of BBMP (a metro corporation annexing the original Bangalore area and its suburbs) and now forms a part of greater Bengaluru. A well planned township was developed during early 1980s to the south of the city by Karnataka Housing Board and is identified by several names like ‘Yelahanka Upanagara’, ‘Yelahanka Satellite Town’, ‘Yelahanka New Town’ or simply ‘Housing Board’.The new flyover inaugurated on 28th May 2020 has been named as Veera savarkar flyover.
The sex ratio in this city is rather favorable for the female population. Around 46% of the population is made up of females.
National Highway NH44 passes through Yelahanka and newly constructed Navayuga devanahalli KIAL Expressway (Part of Nh44) also passes through the Suburb and the north eastern fringes of Yelahanka, acting as a bypass road to avoid the Yelahanka suburb. State Highway 9 (Bangalore – Hindupur) passing in the south of Yelahanka bisects the suburb into Old Town and New Town. Yelahanka’s business areas are Hospital Main Road and BB road in Yelahanka and in New Town are 16th ‘B’ Cross and Mother Dairy cross and Yelahanka 4th phase.
Yelahanka has several lakes surrounding it, adjoining: Old Yelahanka, Puttenhalli, Attur, Ananthapura and Allalasandra. The lake at Puttenahalli (3 km up the SH 9) has been declared a bird sanctuary. Most of these are either dry or are in bad condition due to emptying of untreated sewerage effluents into them.
Yelahanka is on the verge of being the prime real estate hub in North Bengaluru owing to its vast undeveloped areas and easy access to the Kempegowda International Airport. Yelahanka has seen remarkable developments since its inception.
Off recently many major retail outlets started setting up shops here. Major ones are Yelahanka Central, Pepperfry Studio, RMZ Galleria Mall and Dmart in Yelahanka New Town.