Horamavu is a developing residential area located in the northern part of Bengaluru. It is situated along with the ORR (Outer Ring Road); the area is enclosed by Kalkere Lake, Banaswadi, Ramamurthy Nagar, Hennur Gardens, and Kalyan Nagar. Horamavu enjoys the vicinity of Manyata Tech Park and International Tech Park, which affects the residential demand in this locality.

Horamavu is primarily a suburban neighbourhood with a mixture of numerous multi-storey apartments, independent homes and large areas of plots. Popular residential projects in Horamavu are Living Walls Another Sky, Prestige Gulmohar, Legacy Saviero, Prestige Augusta Golf Village, Kolte Patil Mirabilis, Prestige North Point, DSR Waterscape, Mashri Prajavani, and DS Max Sky Grand.

Horamavu is located along the Outer Ring Road. Additional major roads here are Horamavu Agara Main Road and New Airport Road. Also, Channasandra Railway Station is the closest railway station to Horamavu, and Bangalore's Kempegowda International Airport is only 27 km through the New Airport Road. The locality is served by numerous buses, cabs and auto-rickshaws. Additionally, the Purple Line metro station of Baiyappanahalli is only 7.5 km from this locality.

Closeness to employment centres is a significant growth driver promoting the development of Horamavu. The locality also enjoys well connected to two significant IT parks, and they are Manyata Tech Park which is only 9 km away and International Tech Park, which is only 15 km away. Furthermore, several other important business hubs in Whitefield, Mahadevapura Brookfield, and Marathahalli are in the range of 15 to 17 km from Horamavu. Key IT MNCs have offices spread across these employment hubs. Some of them are Mphasis, Accenture, Dell, Capgemini, Qualcomm, and IBM, among others.

Some of the prominent schools in Horamavu are Podar International School, Chrysalis High School, VIBGYOR High School, and Ravindra Bharathi Global School. Some of the notable healthcare centres in and around Horamavu are NMPC Hospital, AyurVAID Hospitals, KH Hospital, and Chaya Super Speciality Hospital. Also, the location has fair connectivity with some of the popular malls in Bangalore. Some of them are Elements Mall, Orion Avenue, and Phoenix Marketcity.