Varthur is a locale situated in the Eastern Periphery of Bangalore. The locality comes under the control of BBMP. Varthur is a part of the International Business Hubs of Bangalore ITPB, Whitefield. Varthur offers a cluster of IT parks and residential areas. Varthur has a good number of society-based projects from premium builders like Brigade, Prestige, etc. The Varthur Lake is the second largest lake in Bangalore that offers a serene experience to the resident. The ecosystem of Varthur Lake is under degradation because of sewage water entering from Bellandur Lake.

Varthur is situated between Sarjapur Road and Marathahalli. The expansion of HAL Airport road to Varthur is known as Varthur Main Road. It is the main connecting road that links to other parts of the city.

Carmelaram Railway Station and Whitefield Railway Station are just around 15-20 mins away from Varthur. Varthur houses some of the best educational institutions like Whitefield Global School, Prathama International School, CMR Institute of Technology, Ryan International School, Inventure Academy, Oakridge International School, and many more. Some of the best hospitals, like Sankara Eye Hospital and Columbia Hospital, are located within the region. Varthur Road also enjoys proximity to some of the biggest malls, such as Forum one Value Mall, Phoenix Market City, Park Square, etc.

Some of the parks nearby varthur are Nisarga Park, Kundalahalli Lake Park, Avenue Park, Jogging Park, Gbj Park, Sheelavanthakere Lake view park, and Inner Circle Municipal Park.

The tourist can come along and stay for few days at Sherwood Suites, OYO Petuni Boutique Hotel, Treebo Trend Elephant Suites, Icon Business Suites, Northern Suites, and OYO The Retreat Hotel.

Varthur is known for its presence of IT Parks like Sigma Softech Park, RMZ Ecoworld, ITPB, etc. The Head Offices of eminent IT companies located nearby Varthur are Wipro Technologies, Paypal, and Honeywell. Some of the other organizations like Cisco Systems, Aricent Group, and ARM gets good proximity to Varthur. It was once a collection of villages but now has transformed into a serene neighbourhood.

In Varthur, the locales celebrate Brahmarathotsava of Sri Chennaraya Swamy that happens on the day of Ratna Saptami. Varthur was a legislative assembly in Karnataka, but later the locality was split into three legislative assemblies like Mahadevapura, Krishnarajapura, and C.V Raman Nagar.