Bangarapet was originally called Bowringpet, named after an officer working in the Kolar Gold Fields.

The Bangarapet Town Municipal Council has population of 44,849, of which 22,628 are males while 22,221 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

In the Bangarapet Town Municipal Council, the female sex ratio is of 982, compared to the state average of 973.

The Bangarapet Town Municipal Council has total administration over 10,083 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewage.

It is also authorized to build roads within Town Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

In the census survey, a worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.

A portion of the people work in the nearby public sector factory of Bharath Earth Movers Limited.