Benson Town

Benson Town is a quarter in , , and has an elevation of 929 metres. Benson Town is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bengaluru Cantonment railway station and Bengaluru Palace.

Railway station
Photo: Pranchiyettan, CC BY-SA 2.5 in.
, also known as Bengaluru Cant is one of the four important railway stations serving the city of and it is located in the locality of Vasanth Nagar and adjoins , Benson Town and Shivajinagar.

Photo: Argographx, Public domain.
is a 19th-century royal palace located in , Karnataka, India. It was commissioned by the Maharaja of Mysore, and was completed in 1874.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in . Initially, Bangalore was the seat of the diocese of Mysore from 1886 to 1940 and during this time, St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fraser Town, Bengaluru and Vasanth Nagar.

Suburb
, officially Pulakeshi Nagara and historically referred to as Mootocherry is an elite locality of , located in the Central part of the City spread over 4 km2.

Suburb
is an upscale neighbourhood located in the heart of the city of Bangalore. A small neighbourhood in the affluent High Grounds residing many retired government bureaucrats, MLA's and Police officials.

Quarter
, Bengaluru, officially Sarvagnanagara is a neighborhood of the , located in the central part of the city and named after the last Collector and District Magistrate of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, Alexander Ranken Cox, Indian Civil Services.

Benson Town

Latitude
12.99734° or 12° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
77.60368° or 77° 36′ 13″ east
Elevation
929 metres (3,048 feet)
Open location code
7J4VXJW3+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 430043564
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
6692772
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Benson Town” goes by many names.
  • Kannada: “ಬೆನ್ಸನ್ ಟೌನ್”

Localities in the Area

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