Bangalore
Households in India's Silicon Valley are the nation's 9th most prosperous.
On absolute consumption expenditure, Mumbai emerged as the country's biggest consumer market with Rs 86,140 crore spend in 2007-08 by consumers on host of products and services, everything from food & beverages, transportation, housing & utilities, healthcare, apparel, education & recreation, communication to household & personal products.
The other cities that make up the top 10 Indian cities in terms of consumer expenditure include Delhi (Rs 66,620 crore), Kolkata (Rs 54,940 crore), Bangalore (Rs 26,160 crore), Chennai (Rs 26,030 crore), Hyderabad (Rs 21,340 crore), Surat (Rs 17,570 crore), Pune (Rs 13,710 crore), Ahmedabad (Rs 12,370 crore) and Jaipur (Rs 9,210 crore).
Image: Traffic making its way past Bangalore's Vidhan Souda (state legislature) building. | Photograph: Prashant Panjiar/AFP/Getty Images
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