Ipoh South, Menglembu and Batu Gajah: Condos, Apartments and Area Guide

The south and west side of Ipoh, from Gunung Rapat and Bandar Seri Botani to Menglembu, Lahat and the old district town of Batu Gajah. We list a handful of developments here, from flats in Menglembu to condos in Seri Botani.

Developments in this directory

32 / 13

For sale / for rent on condo.com.my now

RM 5,506

Median household income, Gopeng seat

DOSM, 2024 · whole P.071 seat (Gunung Rapat, Simpang Pulai)

RM 4,504

Median household income, Batu Gajah seat

DOSM, 2024 · whole P.066 seat (Menglembu, Batu Gajah)

RM 274 psf

Condo / apartment median, all Kinta

NAPIC, 2024 · 276 sales

RM 419,000

2-storey terrace median, all Kinta

NAPIC, 2024 · 1,468 sales

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Ipoh South, Menglembu and Batu Gajah area guide

About the zone

Batu Gajah is the seat of Kinta District and is run by the Batu Gajah District Council. Its name means "elephant rock". Like the rest of the valley it grew on tin. Bandar Seri Botani is a newer township between Batu Gajah and Simpang Pulai.

Menglembu sits at the foot of Kledang Hill and is known for its groundnuts, farmed there since 1945. Simpang Pulai is where the Second East-West Highway (Route 185) starts its climb to Cameron Highlands.

Household income

Gunong Rapat, Rapat Setia, Ampang Baharu, Simpang Pulai and Kampong Kepayang are polling districts of the Gopeng seat (P.071). DOSM put Gopeng's 2024 median at RM 5,506, for about 222,600 people.

Menglembu, Lahat, Jelapang and Batu Gajah town are in the Batu Gajah seat (P.066), where the median was RM 4,504. Pasir Puteh, home of one of our condos, is in Ipoh Timor (P.064).

House prices per square foot

We matched 6 buildings here. Their 15 condo sales in 2024 had a median of RM 325 psf. Low-cost flats sold 12 units at a median of RM 69,000. 8 of the 12 sales were at Rumah Pangsa Menglembu, so read it as that project more than the whole area.

Since the sample is small, the Kinta district figures are a better guide: RM 274 psf for condos in 2024, and RM 270,000 for a 1-storey terrace.

Median sold price	2024	2025	Jan–Jun 2026
Condominium / apartment	RM 325 psf · RM 343,000 (15 sales)	Too few sales (1)	Too few sales (1)
Flat	Too few sales (1)	No sales recorded	No sales recorded
Low-cost flat	RM 110 psf · RM 69,000 (12 sales)	Too few sales (4)	Too few sales (3)

NAPIC gives the district but not the area or town, so these are the sales in the 6 buildings of this area that we matched by name in NAPIC Open Sales Data (JPPH). One project selling many units can pull a year up or down. psf = price ÷ floor area of the unit. Under 10 sales shows "Too few sales". Recent months are not complete yet.

Areas and developments

There are no separate town pages under this zone yet. Our developments are spread over these areas:

Gunung Rapat: Hillcity on Jalan Gopeng.
Bandar Seri Botani and Bandar Siber: Seri Tecoma and Parkview Residence.
Lapangan: Panorama Lapangan Perdana and Treetops Residence.
Pasir Puteh and Medan Ipoh: Manhattan Condominium and D'Festivo Residences.
Menglembu: Rumah Pangsa Menglembu and Taman Menglembu Impiana.
Bercham south and Kampung Kepayang: Putra Bercham and Pavilion Ville.

Schools

Sultan Yussuf School in Batu Gajah, founded in 1907 as the Government English School.
SMK Gunung Rapat and Sekolah Tinggi Shen Jai, polling stations in the Gopeng seat.
SMK Menglembu and SMK Seri Keledang.

Hospitals

Batu Gajah Hospital, a public hospital in Batu Gajah.
Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh.

Things to do

Kellie's Castle near Batu Gajah, an unfinished mansion started in 1910 by the planter William Kellie-Smith.
Sam Poh Tong, the oldest cave temple in Ipoh, about 5 km from the centre, and Kek Lok Tong behind Gunung Rapat.
The Clearwater Sanctuary golf course on the way to Batu Gajah.

Getting around

Batu Gajah railway station, opened in 2008, has KTM ETS trains.
Sultan Azlan Shah Airport is near Gunung Rapat.
The North-South Expressway has an exit at Simpang Pulai, where Route 185 leads to Cameron Highlands.