Bengaluru, not this street2 BHK typical
₹20K
/month
Rent per sq ft
₹22
moderate supply
Year on year
+5%
asking rents
Walkability
5.5/10
neighbourhood score
At a glance
₹20K
typical 2 BHK · illustrative
Your journeys
Add where you travel and every area shows your journey first.
Why this fits
- A balanced, middle-register area.
Something to consider
- nightlife scores 3.5/10
The vibe
Life in Kengeri
Kengeri was planned as a satellite town and the metro finally made the plan work: end-to-end Purple Line access, NICE Road for drivers, and apartment stock priced for first households. The Mysuru highway's expansion keeps pulling the city closer.
Scores
IllustrativeOn the market
Homes that fit
A curated shortlist, deliberately. FWA carries at most 200 homes and buildings per area, chosen and checked rather than scraped in volume.
The pulse
What's new in Kengeri
Fresh availability, price drops and approved community entries from the last few weeks, mapped where they happened.
The pulse
What's new in Kengeri
Fresh availability, price drops and approved community entries from the last few weeks, mapped where they happened.
The pulse
What's new in Kengeri
The micro-signals of the last few weeks, mapped where they happened. Every blob links to its entry in the feed below.
Built only from real signals in FWA's curated set. Fresh availability, price changes and ops-approved community entries. No invented activity; community entries pin to the area centre, never to a guessed address.
Sport & fitness
Courts, turfs and places to run
- Multi-sport
BC Sports Club
Kengeri
- Multi-sport
Play More Sports Academy
Kengeri
- Bookable turf at Decathlon
Decathlon Mysore Road playfield
Mysore Road, Kengeri
- Multi-sport
Emerge Sports Arena
near Kengeri Satellite Town
Education
Schools and colleges nearby
- BGS Public SchoolSchool · Inside BGS Health & Education City, Kengeri
- Orchids The International SchoolSchool · Kengeri Satellite Town campus
- Deeksha STEM SchoolSchool · Kengeri
- Holy Faith Public SchoolSchool · Kengeri Satellite Town Stage I
- RV College of EngineeringCollege · Mysuru Road, ~5 km toward the city
- Bangalore University (Jnana Bharathi campus)University · Off Mysore Road, adjacent to the Kengeri corridor
The calendar
Festivals, crowds and what to expect
3 festivals in the Bengaluru calendar touch Kengeri. 2 have a date we have checked; the rest are set year by year.
Dasara
Slow going20 Oct 2026in 6 weeks· set by the Hindu calendar, so it moves each yearWhy this affects this area: Mysuru Road, named as a congested entry corridor, is Kengeri's main artery.
Deepavali
Slow going8 Nov 2026in 8 weeks· set by the Hindu calendar, so it moves each yearWhy this affects this area: Mysuru Road, its main corridor, is one of the six flagged hotspots.
Gali Anjaneya Swamy Temple Brahma Rathotsava
Slow goingDate set each year. We don’t have one on fileWhy this affects this area: Mysuru Road, its main artery into the city, is closed to all vehicles including buses on the affected stretch.
Dates for Hindu festivals come from the panchang and move by weeks each year; Islamic dates are confirmed by a moon sighting the evening before and can move a day. We hold checked dates through 2027 and show nothing where we do not have one.
Also noted locally in Kengeri
Ganesha Chaturthi
Aug-SepPandals and immersion processions in Satellite Town
Dasara / Ayudha Puja
Sep-OctVehicle pujas and shop decorations
Weekly Kengeri santhe
Weekly, old townTraditional market day crowds in Kengeri old town
Area-level colour from our own research, without a road-level advisory behind it. The dated calendar above is the sourced layer.
Worth knowing
- Intercity truck and KSRTC bus traffic on Mysore Road (NH-275) with associated noise and dust
- NICE Road junction backups spilling into local roads
- Ongoing construction along the corridor as new layouts build out
- Ambulance traffic around BGS Health & Education City
The decibel calculator— how loud does it actually get here?
Estimated at a Kengeri home · Aug–Sep
75–90 dB
Like a loud procession passing — you'll pause conversations near windows.
Pandal loudspeakers and immersion processions to the city's approved lakes and mobile tanks; loudest along the procession roads.
Modelled estimate (noise-v1.0) from this area's festival calendar and quietness, anchored to KSPCB Deepavali monitoring (2023 peak reading 84.6 dB at Sarjapur). Not a measurement at your window — but an honest basis for the decision.
On the ground
Traffic and infrastructure
Mysore Road and the NICE junction are the pain points; metro and MEMU rail make the city commute far better than driving
- Roads
- Satellite Town has a planned BDA grid; Mysore Road is widened NH but fringe village roads are patchy
- Water
- Kengeri Satellite Town has BWSSB Cauvery supply; newer fringe layouts still lean on borewells
- Power
- BESCOM supply generally stable; fringe areas see more monsoon interruptions
- Drainage & monsoon
- Valleys toward Vrishabhavathi mean some low-lying stretches flood in heavy rain; the river's pollution smell is noticeable near the valley
Getting around
Public transport and last mile
- Metro
- Purple Line western end — Kengeri and Pattanagere stations serve the area (Challaghatta terminal is one stop beyond)
- Rail
- Kengeri railway station on the Mysuru line with MEMU/express halts
- Bus
- Kengeri TTMC anchors high-frequency BMTC service along Mysore Road to Majestic
- Last mile
- Autos and share-autos around the TTMC and metro; inner Satellite Town is walkable
Running a home
Staff, deliveries and everyday life
What it costs in Bengaluru
- part-time cleaning (jhadu-pocha)₹4.5k – ₹15k / month
Sources disagree sharply, which is itself the finding. MyBuddyMaid quotes INR 4,500-9,000/month for 'task-based help for 1-4 hours a day' (sweeping-mopping, utensils, dusting, laundry on a fixed daily slot). EzyHelpers' Bengaluru guide of 24 July 2026 quotes INR 8,000-15,000/month for a part-time maid, priced by task bundle rather than by the hour - a single task such as utensils at the bottom, bundled sweeping, mopping, bathrooms and laundry near the top. The independent reference point is the IIHS survey of 9,636 households published December 2022, which found Bengaluru households paying between INR 2,000 and INR 13,000 per month per worker.
Moves with: Task bundle, hours, house size, family size, locality (Whitefield and Koramangala explicitly quoted at a premium), experience, language.
- cook, one meal₹6k – ₹18k / month
IMPORTANT - not split by number of meals. EzyHelpers quotes INR 6,000-10,000/month for a part-time cook and INR 12,000-20,000 for a full-time cook. MyBuddyMaid quotes INR 10,000-18,000/month for a cook covering 'one or more daily meal slots'. The band here covers part-time cooking of one to two meals; a full-time cook is higher.
Moves with: Number of meal slots, cuisine, family size, whether utensils are included.
- full-time live-out₹16k – ₹26k / month
EzyHelpers quotes INR 16,000-22,000/month for a full-time maid working eight to ten hours a day, and states that combined cleaning and cooking for a family of four or more sits at INR 20,000-22,000. MyBuddyMaid quotes INR 16,000-26,000/month for '8-12 hours a day (or live-in)'. This band brackets Karnataka's notified housekeeping minimum for Zone I (INR 15,044.56/month), which is what a full-day worker is legally owed at minimum.
Moves with: Hours, whether cooking is included, house and family size, locality.
- live-in₹20k – ₹30k / month
EzyHelpers' 24 July 2026 Bengaluru guide quotes INR 22,000-30,000/month for a live-in maid, INR 25,000+ for a live-in cook, INR 20,000-25,000 for a live-in nanny and INR 20,000-30,000 for a live-in elder-care attendant. It states a private sleeping space and meals are included in the stated salary, and that pay rises with home size, presence of children or elderly, and night duties.
Moves with: Home size, children or elderly in the house, night duties, role.
- nanny / childcare₹8k – ₹25k / month
EzyHelpers quotes INR 8,000-12,000/month part-time, INR 16,000-20,000 full-time and INR 20,000-25,000 live-in for a nanny or babysitter. MyBuddyMaid quotes INR 14,000-24,000/month. Note that Karnataka's notified schedule prices 'child care' with laundry and housekeeping at INR 15,390.62/month Zone I for a full day.
Moves with: Part-time vs full-time vs live-in, child's age, number of children, training.
- elder care₹15k – ₹30k / month
EzyHelpers quotes INR 15,000-25,000/month full-time and INR 20,000-30,000 live-in for an elder-care attendant, with part-time priced per visit. MyBuddyMaid quotes INR 15,000-25,000/month for 'non-medical companionship and daily assistance for senior citizens at home'. Karnataka's schedule separately names 'Home Nurses' within the same scheduled employment.
Moves with: Level of assistance, night duty, live-in vs live-out, training.
How people actually find someone
Broomees
Operates in Bangalore alongside Delhi NCR, Pune and Ranchi. The household books online, Broomees sends vetted candidates and states it verifies backgrounds against government records using Aadhaar and police verification; the salary is agreed directly between household and helper.
Cost: INR 49 booking fee plus 18% GST, plus a monthly membership fee. Broomees states it takes no cut of the worker's salary.
EzyHelpers
A Bengaluru-centred placement agency with location-specific pages across the city. It screens and places live-in, full-time and part-time helpers, nannies and caregivers and publishes a detailed Bengaluru salary guide (last updated 24 July 2026).
Cost: INR 25,000 plus taxes for a live-in placement; part-time and full-time placement fees are quoted on consultation and not published.
MyBuddyMaid
Placement platform with a Bangalore city page. The household pays a one-time access fee for a verified candidate pool, interviews, and agrees the salary with the helper directly.
Cost: One-time access charge: Silver INR 4,999, Gold INR 5,999, Diamond INR 6,999.
Helper4U
Pan-India placement marketplace for maids, cooks, nannies, caregivers and drivers; households buy a hiring package to view and interview candidates.
Cost: Tiered one-off hiring packages paid by the household; states no commission on the worker's salary. Prices not published publicly.
MyGate
Used across Bengaluru apartment communities for visitor management and society administration - 27,000+ communities, 5 million+ homes, 50+ cities. Daily help are normally admitted on a code or pass issued by the resident.
Cost: Paid by the society.
Domestic Workers Rights Union (DWRU)
Not a placement route, but the organised counterparty in Bengaluru. DWRU negotiates with the Karnataka Labour Department on domestic workers' wages and grievances and has publicly demanded a separate welfare board, departmental inquiry into employer-worker disputes and four days of paid leave a month. A household that wants to get the terms right can use its published demands as a reference point for what workers themselves consider fair.
In Kengeri: Old town plus surrounding villages provide a steady pool of domestic and support staff at rates below core-city areas , our own read on the area, without a source behind it, unlike everything above.
What the law says
There is a legal minimum wage for domestic work here.
Domestic work is a scheduled employment in this state, so a notified rate applies and paying below it is unlawful.
Police verification
Karnataka State Police issues a 'Police Verification Certificate for Domestic Servants / House Keeping'. There are two variants - antecedents verification only (a check against police records), or antecedents plus address verification. Application forms are available in English or Kannada at KarnatakaOne centres; the form costs INR 10, service fees are paid at the centre in cash or by card, and the completed form is submitted to the jurisdictional police station. Both the applicant and the address to be verified must be within Karnataka. The service is also listed on the National Government Services Portal. It is a voluntary service a household can request, not a statutory obligation.
The official pageWorth knowing
- The single most important number for a Bengaluru employer: Karnataka's notified minimum for a full day of general cleaning and housekeeping in the BBMP area was INR 15,044.56 a month (INR 578.64 a day) for 2025-26, and INR 17,293.95 a month for cooking and kitchen work. This is law, not a suggestion, and it applies to private households because domestic work is a scheduled employment here.
- The IIHS study published 12 December 2022, covering 9,636 households in Bengaluru and Chennai, found 54% of Bengaluru households employed domestic help, paying between INR 2,000 and INR 13,000 per month, and concluded that a worker on the lowest of those rates would have to work in six households to reach Karnataka's statutory minimum for domestic work (then stated as INR 12,241-14,711 a month). In other words, the market rate per household is set well below a lawful full-day wage, and the gap is made up by the worker running between houses.
- If you employ someone part-time, do the arithmetic honestly: take the notified full-day monthly rate for the relevant category, work out what fraction of a normal working day your household actually takes, and pay at least that fraction. That is the fair-employer version of the law even where an inspector will never call.
- In January 2025 Deccan Herald reported the Karnataka Labour Department and the Domestic Workers Rights Union at odds over a proposed minimum wage of INR 19,517 a month for an eight-hour day, six days a week, and over the union's demand for four days of paid leave a month; the Labour Minister rejected a separate welfare board on the ground that the other 393 unorganised-sector occupations would ask for the same. Karnataka has an estimated 3 lakh domestic workers and 3.11 lakh welfare cards issued under the unorganised sector welfare board.
- Karnataka published a draft Domestic Workers Bill on 15 October 2025, open for public comment until 14 November 2025 and intended for the winter session of the Assembly. If enacted it would be India's first comprehensive state framework: mandatory written contracts stating wages, hours and notice; online registration of workers, employers and service providers renewed every three years; a 48-hour weekly cap with daily rest and a weekly day off; maternity benefit and social security; protection against forced labour, discrimination and sexual exploitation; a tripartite State Domestic Workers Social Security and Welfare Board; a welfare contribution of up to 5% from employers; and penalties up to INR 50,000. AICCTU criticised the department for publishing the draft only in English. A renter moving to Bengaluru should assume employer registration and a written contract may become compulsory.
- Practical live-in standards published by Bengaluru agencies: show the actual sleeping space rather than describing it (mattress, somewhere to keep belongings, enough separation to rest), agree the number of meals and who cooks them before day one, distinguish being in the house from being on duty, and fix the weekly day off before the job starts - that last one is described as the single practice most associated with a live-in helper staying. Monitoring or confiscating a worker's phone is named as a common reason helpers leave.
- Festival bonus convention as published by a Bengaluru agency: around one month's salary at Diwali or the helper's own main festival, sometimes split across the year. This is a convention, not a legal entitlement, and it is not a substitute for a lawful monthly wage.
- The Home Management and Care Givers Sector Skill Council (HMCGSSC), which sets occupational standards, training and certification for home management and caregiving roles, held a national conclave in Delhi on 3 August 2026 pushing for role-specific professional titles instead of 'domestic helper', structured pre-deployment training, and formal certification for childcare and elderly care.
Researched 2026-09. Rates and rules both move; check the official page before you rely on the process, and treat the ranges as a shape rather than a quote.
Everyday, in Kengeri
- Purple Line from Kengeri reaches Majestic in ~30 minutes
- Satellite Town's BDA-era layout means parks, markets and schools within walking distance
- Mysore Road gives fast weekend escapes toward Bidadi, Ramanagara and Mysuru
- Rents remain among the lowest of any metro-connected Bengaluru suburb
The Kengeri address book
The precise version of the neighbourhood: real establishments, each pinned to its street or pocket, named from public listings.
Chemists
Kengeri Satellite Town
Kengeri Upanagar
Kengeri Satellite Town (Hoysala Circle)
Sources: apollopharmacy.in store locator · Justdial / Sulekha listings
Laundry & dry clean
Kengeri (opp. Sub-Registrar office)
Kengeri Satellite Town
Kengeri Satellite Town, Home delivery and ironing
Sources: tumbledry.in store page · magicpin listing
Yoga
Kengeri, Yoga alongside dance, music and fine arts
Sources: UrbanPro listing
Gyms & training
Kengeri Satellite Town
Kengeri Satellite Town
Kengeri Satellite Town
Sources: FITPASS listing
Arts & culture
Kengeri, Dance, music, instruments and fine arts training
Sources: UrbanPro listing
Cinemas
Mysore Road (toward Nayandahalli)
RR Nagar
Sources: District (district.in) cinema listing
Markets & everyday
- Happy Days Super MartSupermarket
Kengeri
- SGR SupermarketGrocery
Kengeri
- Maruti TradersDepartmental store
Kengeri
Sources: magicpin listing
The honest traffic read
Mysore Road (NH-275) is the spine and carries heavy intercity truck and bus traffic; the NICE Road junction and Kengeri bus-stand stretch are the main slow points. Hoysala Circle inside Satellite Town clogs at school and office peaks. The elevated Purple Line and MEMU trains let residents skip much of the road congestion toward the city.
When the streets fill up
Ganesha Chaturthi and Dasara are the visible street festivals, with pandals in Satellite Town and Upanagara blocks. The weekly Kengeri santhe (traditional market day) still runs in the old town, drawing village vendors. Temple jatres in surrounding Kengeri hobli villages occasionally bring processions onto Mysore Road.
Places verified against public listings on September 2026; hours and addresses change. Confirm before you rely on one.
Move-in
Setting up your home
Furniture, decor and first-week supplies. What's around Kengeri, and the supply districts the whole city shops from.
Move-in
Setting up your home
Furniture, decor and first-week supplies. What's around Kengeri, and the supply districts the whole city shops from.
Move-in
Setting up your home
Furniture, decor and first-week supplies. What's actually around this address, and where Mumbai really shops for the rest.
The supply runs— where Mumbai actually shops, nearest first
Live results come from Google Places around this exact address. Districts and picks were researched 7 September 2026 from public sources. Honest curation, not a live index.
The people layer
Plug into Kengeri
Real groups and forums, the civic layer, and how cooks and househelp are actually hired here.
The people layer
Plug into Kengeri
Real groups and forums, the civic layer, and how cooks and househelp are actually hired here.
The people layer
Plug into Kengeri
The groups where a lane actually talks, and how household help really gets hired here.
Groups & forums
r/bangalore
All Bengaluru, one of India's oldest city subreddits (since 2008) — rental threads, area questions, recommendations
Kengeri Residentssample
Kengeri, building & lane updates, water-cut and society notices
Kengeri Buy · Sell · Recommendsample
Kengeri, furniture hand-me-downs when leases turn over, trusted vendor recommendations
Kengeri Foodies & New-in-townsample
Kengeri, where newcomers ask everything from tiffin services to weekend plans
Sample entries show what residents share here. They carry no links and are replaced as real groups are approved. Linked entries are real.
Bengaluru's civic layer runs through RWAs and BBMP ward committees, amplified by famously effective resident collectives — Whitefield Rising and HSR Citizen Forum being the models. Joining your layout's RWA or forum is the fastest route into water-tanker schedules, lake volunteering and the streets' real news.
Cooks, househelp & staff. How it actually works
- 1
The society network hires first
Most cooks and househelps in a building already work in it. Ask the society office and your floor's neighbours before anything else — staff who are known to the building come with built-in references and realistic timings.
- 2
The watchman is the real directory
Security staff know who serves which flats, who has a free slot, and who is reliable. A polite word at the gate typically produces two or three introductions within days.
- 3
Agree the terms everyone uses
Monthly pay scales with tasks and building norms — ask two neighbours what the going rate is on your floor before negotiating. Standard practice: one paid day off a week, a Diwali bonus of one month's pay, and advance notice on leave both ways.
- 4
Do the verification properly
Police verification for domestic staff can be done through your city police's citizen portal — Mumbai and Delhi run it online; Bengaluru accepts forms at the local station. Most societies require it, and good staff expect it. Keep a copy of ID, and share your own references too; trust runs both ways.
Verified platforms
Urban Company
Deep cleaning · appliance service · repairs
on-demand and background-checked; strongest for one-time setup jobs when you move in
BookMyBai
Maids · cooks · nannies · elder care
placement marketplace for full-time and part-time domestic staff across the big metros
Broomees
Maids · cooks · babysitters
verified domestic help with trials and replacements
Community layer researched 7 September 2026. FWA never invents groups or helper profiles, resident submissions go live only after review.
Where this information comes from
Photo credits- Rents, scores & inventoryIllustrative demoSeeded dataset: Plausible for the market, not observed. Never presented as verified.
- Neighbourhood address bookSource-reportedPublic listings, checked September 2026: Real establishments with per-card sources; hours and addresses change. Confirm before relying on one.
- Traffic, festivals & characterEditorialResearched editorial, dated: Written from named local sources; reviewed on a schedule.
- PhotographyLicensedPexels & Unsplash, credited: Every image carries creator attribution. See Credits.
- Maps & commutesEstimatedGoogle embeds · conceptual timings: Embedded maps are live; commute minutes are conceptual until a routing provider is connected.
Our rule: nothing is labelled verified unless a person checked it. Statuses will attach to every individual fact as the live data pipeline replaces this demo set.
Property mix
Illustrative demo dataRent intelligence
Rent trends
The illustrative 12-month trend, per-square-foot context and any live rent signal for this area.
Rent intelligence
Rent trends
The illustrative 12-month trend, per-square-foot context and any live rent signal for this area.
Typical 2 BHK asking rent · illustrative 12-month trend
Typical 2 BHK today
₹20K
Year on year
+5%
Rent per sq ft · inventory
₹22/sq ftmoderate supply
The everyday
Your daily life
The three closest of each kind, with the full address book in the guide below.
Eat
The Corner Table
Eat · 592 m · 7 min walk
Anna's Kitchen
Eat · 1.3 km · 17 min walk
Little Bombay Canteen
Eat · 1.5 km · 18 min walk
Coffee
Filter & Foam
Coffee · 135 m · 2 min walk
Copper Kettle
Coffee · 399 m · 5 min walk
The Daily Grind
Coffee · 573 m · 7 min walk
Drink
The Local
Drink · 401 m · 5 min walk
The Night Owl
Drink · 1.4 km · 18 min walk
Fitness
Stride Run Club
Fitness · 604 m · 8 min walk
Peak Fitness
Fitness · 1.5 km · 18 min walk
Groceries
Daily Needs Store
Groceries · 683 m · 9 min walk
FreshMart
Groceries · 758 m · 9 min walk
Parks
Lakeside Walk
Parks · 179 m · 2 min walk
Rose Garden
Parks · 269 m · 3 min walk
Culture
Community Art Space
Culture · 451 m · 6 min walk
Heritage Gallery
Culture · 1.2 km · 15 min walk
Schools
National Public School
Schools · 723 m · 9 min walk
The International Academy
Schools · 925 m · 12 min walk
Healthcare
LifeLine Diagnostics
Healthcare · 1.0 km · 13 min walk
Apollo Clinic
Healthcare · 1.2 km · 16 min walk
Worth knowing before you sign
Things to know
Traffic
5/1010 = flows freely
Mysore Road and the NICE junction are the pain points; metro and MEMU rail make the city commute far better than driving
Day to day
- Intercity truck and KSRTC bus traffic on Mysore Road (NH-275) with associated noise and dust
- NICE Road junction backups spilling into local roads
- Ongoing construction along the corridor as new layouts build out
- Ambulance traffic around BGS Health & Education City
Seasonal disruption
Ganesha Chaturthi · Aug-Sep
Noticeable in the streets around it: Pandals and immersion processions in Satellite Town
Water, power and roads
- Water
- Kengeri Satellite Town has BWSSB Cauvery supply; newer fringe layouts still lean on borewells
- Power
- BESCOM supply generally stable; fringe areas see more monsoon interruptions
- Roads
- Satellite Town has a planned BDA grid; Mysore Road is widened NH but fringe village roads are patchy
- Drainage
- Valleys toward Vrishabhavathi mean some low-lying stretches flood in heavy rain; the river's pollution smell is noticeable near the valley
Researched for Kengeri in September 2026 and source-attributed. Conditions change — confirm anything you would sign on.
Getting to work
Commute from Kengeri
Majestic
MG Road (CBD)
Global Village Tech Park
Local knowledge
Pockets of Kengeri
Micro-neighbourhoods each with their own character. Ask about these by name.
Building intelligence
Popular buildings
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